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Wow, I'm sitting in a Starbucks on Peace Street (it's near a restaurant with purple mushrooms in the eating area), and I couldn't wait to share what I've seen.
I turned down one street and found TWO Aladdin kit homes on one block, and since then I've found a total of 11 kit homes, including:
2 from Montgomery Ward
1 from Harris Brothers
2 from Sears
and the rest are Aladdins.
And this ain't easy with the narrow streets! Makes it tough!
You have a LOT of kit homes in this city, and I have not even gotten to the kit homes we talked about at the beginning of this thread. I've been here less than an hour, and to find 11 in an hour (whilst navigating these narrow streets) is truly remarkable.
Rose
You were right behind my condo building and very near Cameron Park. I sure hope you investigated every road in there. I'll bet that there's a lot of kit homes in that neighborhood.
I read this thread, when it was just 2 pages, and then had to run some errands on Saturday that had me driving around the area of Raleigh that has all these types of houses. It was very cool to know what I was looking at (besides cute houses that I love!). If Rosemary offered a tour I certainly would take it.
Rosemary, have you ventured out to Apex yet? There are many bungalows near downtown (and rail road tracks too) so I wouldn't doubt that there might be some kit homes there too.
I agree about this thread being one of the best on CD! I have thoroughly enjoyed learning the history of the homes. Also might want to check out several of the older homes in Downtown Cary that are near 2 sets of railroad tracks. Especially around Chatham Street.
"Wouldn't it be fun if we could all pile in a bus and I could you give you all a proper tour and show you HOW MUCH FUN THIS IS and I'd even do a proper "show and tell" and share my vintage catalogs, and let you all look through them and enjoy their yellowed, brittle pages".
This would be a wonderful idea. I would gladly pay to go around with someone who knows that they are looking at. Thanks for sharing what you know and have found so far. Have a safe trip home and maybe we can indeed gather as a group the next time you are around.
As Captain Picard says, "Make it so."
I'm telling you - I have not found 20% of what you have. I haven't seen 30% of your early 1900s neighborhoods.
We'd have a blast riding around. Whether it's a busload of just three or four house-loving fools, there's no better way to spend time (and do research) than riding around looking for kit homes.
On a related note, what do you think of those pretty houses that I found? Aren't they *SWEET*?
I would do this, too. You aren't so far away that you couldn't do it periodically and charge people just enough to pay your expenses. You also should talk to the Raleigh City Museum, who might show a little more enthusiasm about your quest than that other woman you talked to!
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