Big Timbers - Help wanted from Yorkshire, England. (Stevensville: parks, history)

[rustyruth]

Oh I do hope I'm not in too much trouble for leading the thread off topic

Rickers, the photo of the old grave is just about the image I had in mind of the ones left in Great Uncle Joes will, only probably in better condition, the paper work I have fails to view them in a favourable light !!

We were thinking of holidaying in New England maybe in 2011, but the more I see of Montana the pull to visit there instead is getting stronger

[rickers]

Originally Posted by rustyruth

Rickers, the photo of the old grave is just about the image I had in mind of the ones left in Great Uncle Joes will, only probably in better condition, the paper work I have fails to view them in a favourable light !! We were thinking of holidaying in New England maybe in 2011, but the more I see of Montana the pull to visit there instead is getting stronger

You may love it here, I visited many many times before finally moving to Montana. The "Main Street" of many of these small Montana towns seem to have a similar look to them. I am the proud owner of one of those old brick buildings in our town. It's really narrow and has big older style of red bricks still seen in places. it also has a side window that shows there were spaces between the buildings then. I'm on a quest to determine the age of the building. I do know it was built before 1950 and am pretty sure it was built before 1920. It is likely to be one of the oldest remaining buildings in our town and could be close to 95 years or older. Our town just had it's centennial. Below is a picture of our little restoration project that pays for itself and more, it's the one with the windows above. The newer looking brick face is newer and is covering the original bricks. I also just found out that our town also has an underground tunnel system that is still partially accessible.

[Gman2007]

Right next to city hall and the police department to keep you in line!

[rickers]

Originally Posted by Gman2007

Right next to city hall and the police department to keep you in line!

No I'm there to keep them in line ! I can hear every word said in the police and the city hall meetings if I put my ear to the wall !
No kidding.

[rustyruth]

Rickers - Wow, I love your building good luck with your quest to find out exactly how old it is, we were quite lucky with ours the builders carved the year '1876' on the stone above the door. This is our building smack in the middle of the photo. We also know that we are built on the line of an old Roman road, the original of which is in tact a few miles up the moorland.



What more do you know about the underground tunnel systems ? they sound very interesting.

[Reziac]

Cool picture. Interesting how the houses are set along lines like that. Are those all 1800s houses or are some newer? Can't tell from this pic. The Romans sure knew how to build roads, eh? And houses -- I'd love to have a Roman villa style house myself!

The old Sears kit barns and houses had the date stamped on one of the far-end roof trusses. They are now considered historical buildings. There is one not far from me, that if I recall right is stamped "1902" up on the truss. The city was going to tear it down (it's in good shape, and doing service as a greenhouse) but the Feds said no, it's a historical building and you can't mess with it.

Of course for the east coast a building that age would still be shiny-new, and in England the paint would barely be dry

[rickers]

Originally Posted by rustyruth

Rickers - Wow, I love your building good luck with your quest to find out exactly how old it is, we were quite lucky with ours the builders carved the year '1876' on the stone above the door. This is our building smack in the middle of the photo. We also know that we are built on the line of an old Roman road, the original of which is in tact a few miles up the moorland.
What more do you know about the underground tunnel systems ? they sound very interesting.

Holy smokes that looks like an old grand mansion. I can't imagine what it must take to maintain an estate like that. I don't need much and I'm very glad we bought our building. It's been fun working on updating everything and the place has been paying for itself and more from day one. We got our building for less than $37,000 with no money down on a ten year contract with a commercial loan.
I need to chat up a few of the old timers to get more info on the tunnels and our building. I'm looking at other properties in towns such as Big Timber as well as others trying to find another property that my bank will loan me money for. It can be quite nerve-wracking doing all the searching as well as the inspection and negotiating the price ourselves and once we have a property we do most of the repairs and maintenance ourselves as well as managing the places as rentals. If I can acquire enough rentals maybe I'll change my screen name to Donald Frump !

[rustyruth]

Reziac, most of the properties around here are old, mainly 1800's early 1900's, there are a few new ones springing up, the ones at the top of the photo are quite new. One of our local pubs (and we have several ) makes our house seem new, it first opened in 1307. Here's a link to the website so you can have a look

Pork Pie Appreciation Society

Rickers, hope you are able to find a property at a reasonable price in Big Timber, even a complete renovation project round these parts would set you back around £190,000 ($311 ish) you really do need to be the Donald Trump to buy here now

Let us know if you get any 'tunnel' info

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by rustyruth

Reziac, most of the properties around here are old, mainly 1800's early 1900's, there are a few new ones springing up, the ones at the top of the photo are quite new. One of our local pubs (and we have several ) makes our house seem new, it first opened in 1307. Here's a link to the website so you can have a look

Pork Pie Appreciation Society

Neat. What a chunk of history!

Hey, anyone know offhand what's the oldest building in Montana??

[AndersonRM]

Yup, St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville. Historic St. Mary's Mission - Where Montana Began

At least I'm pretty sure it is.