Historic Home Tour: Part II

I'm back to be your guide for the second half of the

historic home tour started here.  I hope you brought your

walking shoes!

Let's start with this simple Victorian and work our way up.

(Remember, you can click on the photos for a larger image.)

Yes, we will work our way up all eight stairs to reach the front door!
This town is built on a series of steep hills overlooking the river, so walking here is a workout.

The owner's guard dog was barking at me while I was taking this photo,

so I didn't notice that my camera was focusing on the iron fence.

Oh well, I'll use it for future reference since it's the fence I want

 in front of our house.  Do they even make this style anymore?

 

And speaking of fences.....

Cute corner fence detail marks the perimeter of this yard.

Pretty blue beadboard above another fabulous wood door.  Wait a minute....

There are 2 of them! 

These homes are huge!

Look at the detail on this porch!

You can check out the whole neighborhood in the convex mirror.

Gladys Kravtiz would have loved it.  "Oh, Abner, come and see

 who's taking pictures of our house!"

This house has it made in the shade!  There's just something about this particular old house

surrounded by mature shade trees that has my name on it.  Yours, too?

Let's get a little closer, shall we?

 What can I say?  This home was meant for moi.

Perfection.

Garage stalls for our 2 cars and our kayaks.  And if that's not enough.....

A guest cottage where our grandchildren can play make believe.

*And Grandma, too.

Okay, let's move on.

Many of these older homes are in the process of restoration.

 

Red geraniums are the perfect accent flower here, don't you think?

And of course my favorite Annabelle hydrangeas in their yummy lime green stage.

Below you can see the entrance to the garden in back.

And last, but not least.........

A  bed & breakfast.

Pretty acorn lights and an unusual floral arrangement to match the color scheme.

See the curtains hiding behind the pillars?

If you look real hard you can just barely make out the mermaid water feature under the pergola.

At this point it was starting to rain and my camera and I had to call it a day. 

 

The dark green gazebo is just the spot to rest after

 our walking tour of riverside homes. 

"I'll have an ice tea with lemon and sugar, Jeeves."

Did I accomplish my goal of finding the perfect shutter design?

No, but it sure was fun looking!

Thanks for coming along,

Vickie