Our local newspaper has a weekly section called "Looking Back", where they take excerpts from the past 10 yrs, 25 yrs and 50 yrs ago and print them. Here's the headline in this weeks "Looking Back" section-
"Redwood hand-hewn shakes make waves 50 years ago."
Thursday, Sept. 27, 1956
"One of the finest homes ever to be built in Dell Rapids is under construction for Dr. and Mrs. R.M. Merkly at 312 9th St. The buildings dimensions are 85 by 34 feet with basement under the entire structure with the exception of the sunroom on the west. There are four bedrooms, living room, dining room, 2 bathrooms, entry and oodles of closets. All the rooms are large and conveniently arranged. There is a two-stall garage in the basement with the remainder of the room to be used as a recreation room. The striking feature of this building is the siding, which is of redwood hand-hewn shakes, painted grey, laid in hit and miss fashion. For those who like something different, this seems to be it."
Isn't that funny? I'm proud yet kind of embarrassed at the same time. I guess nowadays when somebody builds a house, they don't write about it in the newspaper. It's obviously not new, and it seems like I'm continueously tinkering with something, but I still like it. And the "oodles of closets."
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you should try and find the original newspaper article. there has to be some hermit in dells that has newspapers stacked to the ceiling.
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