Logston Residence: November 2009

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

A Visit from James Schulte

One day during the summer of 2009 I was outside doing yard work when a car drove up. The driver (James Schulte) and his wife (Sandra Schulte) got out and wanted to talk about the house. He said he had recently retired and currently lives in Mississippi I believe. He made a special trip up to the midwest to retrace some of his past. He said he spent several summers here as a young kid with his grandmother Gertrude Walker. Walker is a descendant of Thomas Williams who was an early owner and passed the home down through generations. Upon arriving in Hagerstown, he stopped at Flatlanders cafe to see if anyone there could guide him to the home. He brought old photos (xeroxed copies in this post) to share and eventually got directions to the home. He had remembered the home as being on the outside of town. His visits were in the 1950's.

Notes from Eileen Adams

Eileen Adams Documentation

This article came from the scrapbook. Unfortunately page 1 was not attached. I'm not sure when this was written exactly but I believe it was written during the Adams ownership and possibly by Eileen Adams herself. Eileen researched, collected and documented most of what is found in the scrapbook.

I'm not sure when these floor plans were drawn or by whom. These still fairly closely represent how the home is today.

The Double Parlor on level 1 (rooms 1 and 2) are now a master suite with the bedroom in the place of room 1 and a master vanity, bathroom and closet splitting room 2.

The back bedrooms (rooms 11 and 12) are now one large family room. This room as well as the bedroom (room 8) walk out onto the balcony.

No floor plan was drawn for level 3. It is essentially the same as the front "square" of level 3. The two rooms on the north are one large room as well as the two rooms on the south on level 3. In the center there is access to the cupola "widows" walk as seen in a picture from a previous post.

A Visit from Dick Brown

In the summer of 2009, Lynn noticed a car parked in our driveway. After it had been sitting there for some time, Lynn decided she'd go out and see what was going on. There were four people in the car and the driver was Dick Brown. He told Lynn he lived here in the 1930's and had a lot of great stories to share in regards to the home. He had come into town for his class reunion. A week later, we received a packet in the mail with all of this wonderful information.

From Hanen to Hudson

This article ran in The Palladium Item in November of 1971. At this time, the Hanen family was selling the home to the Hudson family.

Random Photos

article from Lion's Club Jubilee Days 2008

Image at top left shows the twin of our home that was on South Washington. This was demolished in the 1930's. Also see three shots of main street during the late 1800's / early 1900's. The images below, I believe, were taken in the late 1970's during the Adam's ownership.

spring house looking north

spring house looking south

looking into patio through "dead doors". one story we've heard about these doors is that they were intended to make it easier to move a casket in and out for showings in the parlor. we've also heard that it was merely intended for occasional access to the veranda. we have also read or heard these referred to as butler or garden doors. this is now a master bathroom space.

one of the basement archways

looking down back set of stairs. kitchen at the bottom. during the time this was taken, these stairs were intended to access two upstairs bedrooms. we have converted those two bedrooms into one large upstairs family room.

looking up into cupola or "widow's walk" as some have called it.

looking toward jones road. currently there is a detached garage here.

the framed garage that appears in this photo was demolished before we moved in. a detached garage was built on the left (north). i'm not sure when this was taken but i assume the garage in this photo is setting directly in front of the spring house.