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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Inspector

Kevin - We restored a house built in 1902. Very similar to yours - an American Four square, I believe.

We found a stamp from 1920, old liquor bottles inside the walls, signatures of wall paper hangers from 1908 and 1926, and a handwritten note from a 12 year old girl talking about how Japan had just attacked the United States in Pearl Harbor.

Ours is a Four Square too, but I think there may be some local design differences, because they're referred to here as "Denver Squares."

The Pearl Harbor note would've been way cool to find. The electrical guys just found a Collier's magazine from July 11, 1942, somewhere in our attic walls, so I was checking it out last night. A bunch of pictures are cut out, presumably for a school project, and in lettering that looks like a younger girl's writing, there are the initials "V.C." on one of the pages. It makes sense since the residents of our house in 1942 was a family named Christner. We didn't know if they had any kids, though.

[Inspector]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Ours is a Four Square too, but I think there may be some local design differences, because they're referred to here as "Denver Squares."

The Pearl Harbor note would've been way cool to find. The electrical guys just found a Collier's magazine from July 11, 1942, somewhere in our attic walls, so I was checking it out last night. A bunch of pictures are cut out, presumably for a school project, and in lettering that looks like a younger girl's writing, there are the initials "V.C." on one of the pages. It makes sense since the residents of our house in 1942 was a family named Christner. We didn't know if they had any kids, though.

Stuff that comes out of those old houses are a lot of fun. Good luck with your project. It's very rewarding when you get done and they make a great place to live.

Hope you can post the after pictures.