My grandparents once lived in this beautiful Italianate-style house
in our hometown of Greenville, Illinois (about 50 miles east of St. Louis).
I love the color scheme (red window sashes!),
those buntings + that island garden bed (millstone!) out front!
Here’s a very cherished informal family photo taken at the house:
There’s Grandpa + Grandma at the far right —
with a small ME, sitting in the front row.
Notice how my mom’s hand is reaching for me,
as if she worried I would be obscured by my uncle.
Sweet, no?
My sister, Kathy, is seated on Grandpa’s lap.
Cute!
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I have NO memories of this house nor of our grandparents’
having lived there, but my (older) sister + cousins do.
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The house, no longer a private residence, is now the Hoiles-Davis Museum,
operated by the Bond County Historical Society.
http://www.bondcountyhistorical.org/Hoiles-Davis%20Museum.htm
We toured it a couple years back, + I kind of geeked out.
Nobody loves a museum more than I do!
All that cool, old stuff is beyond interesting, to me!
There’s our dad.
In honor of this being Father’s Day, why don’t I share a few more photos of Dad?
How jaunty + stylish is he?
Look at that awesome jacket + those trousers with the deep cuffs!
And finally, here he is with a few adoring great-grands
at his 90th birthday celebration, just this past March!
June 16th, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Loving tribute to family & home!
June 19th, 2013 at 10:43 am
TY, Chris, for reading + commenting! It means a lot!
K A Y
June 18th, 2013 at 6:26 pm
Thanks for sharing your memories of your dad and grandfather. What a thoughtful thing to do on Father’s Day! Loved the Italianate house too! When we moved to Shabbona in 1960, we bought a brick Italianate house with a very similar floor plan. (At least the front was identical.) We lived in it 26 years, until the kids were grown and gone. Sold it to another big family and bought our smaller house in 1986 where we still live.
June 19th, 2013 at 10:45 am
Dolores!
Yum on your brick Italianate! There’s one in our town that might be similar — I’ll have to snap a photo later today to share!
K A Y