The Full Chimney

          No you can't see it from Kentucky Street. That is where most people are when they buzz past here without a glance. This place has been here longer than Grandma Ruth! She always asks me if “The city of Trees” was founded in 1921- the year she was born. “Well, no Gramma, it was founded before the Civil War – when you were born the town was already almost 70 years old”.

          It is only from behind you can see a full chimney, though I am sure the stacked sun rooms to the south were not there in the first edition. So then, originally you could see the full chimney on the south as well as some fine brickwork. A tall wall that I hope you can still see remnants of inside the sun rooms. I did not study the place from this angle just for the “stack” however. There usually is more interest in the back of an old place than in the front; and besides, there is less landscaping to obstruct the view. 

          There is little doubt what has been going on here at this place for years. It has become income producing apartments. The 2 main extensions themselves were probably not original, let alone the 4 smaller rooms beyond those.  The owner now has a different focus than the original one that built the place. And a different interest. Less interest you might say. Was that why it looks like the drawing itself fades to nothing at the bottom? Maybe the artist lost interest as well, or had a different focus. Or maybe he just ran out of time.