Goodness...
I'm in New Jersey, folks... sorry for that rather relevant bit of info.
Lots of houses here in Monmouth County have names... mostly they are
larger, more expensive estates, but some smaller places have names
also, like "The Land of August" in Tinton Falls.
--Megan.
At 03:05 AM 10/29/2005, you wrote:
>This past week, I have been researching a house identified in the County
>Recorder's records as "Sea Bluff." A few weeks ago, another house
>was identified
>as "La Casa de las Siete Candelas" (house of seven candles). Has anyone out
>there got ideas on why and when people named houses? Why dont we see this
>anymore? Is there a cultural or historical root to this practice of naming
>houses?
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.