Stop in for a cup of coffee
Interesting what they did back then.
My grandfather had this house custom built...
It has many cool features... All floors are 4" thick concrete, even where the basement is... There are 3 fire walls in each wall when building code only calls out for one... The roof has a 4 foot overhang around the house - you can walk around the house in the rain and not get wet... The bedroom doors are 32" solid oak with brass handles.... The laundry room is off the kitchen on the first floor, so you don't have to drag the laundry up and down stairs.... The original cabinets in the kitchen were St. Charles metal cabinets... The back bedroom bathroom has a bath tub and a separate shower stall next to it - more common now, but very rare back then.... The wood panels in the house are about 5/8" thick, not that cheap stuff you see today.... The fireplaces have liners with vents so the air will circulate around it and pick up the heat by convection... It can enter on the bottom vent and exit out the top vents to help supplement the heat in the house...
One of the 6 way switches that was in the kitchen went out and had to be replaced... The electrician had to go to 3 different places to find them and they cost $180 to replace... The guy at the electric shop looked at the switch and immediately knew it was custom...
We once pulled a 318 engine and trans out of a 72 Challenger in the front garage using a rope over 2 of the 10 x 2's in the rafters... The front garage door is solid wood and I had a 3/4 horse motor installed to handle the weight of it when I had to get it replaced...
This place is as solid as a brick **** house...
Grandpa believed in quality and the architect was paid commission, so it got the best of everything....