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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Debbie Rotman <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>Pat-
> To answer your question, the factory was indeed converted into a
>house. It was a one-and-a-half story brick structure. Ben Schroeder
>had begun his saddletree manufacturing business in 1878. All aspects
>of the operation were conducted in and around this building.
>...
I do hope you didn't think that I was questioning your knowlege/evidence
of the history of this building: rather, I find the history unusual and
interesting. But mine is a European persepective: you do (some) things
differently, of course.
I wonder even more so now you call it a 'vat house': is this a tanning
factory? These places smell to high heaven! I wonder if the smell
lingers.
I suppose what I'm really asking is: is such change in useage from
?smelly, industrial useage to ?middle-class/factory owner occupation
typical? If not, why would the family have done it?
Best wishes,
--
Pat Reynolds
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"It might look a bit messy now, but just you come back in 500 years time"
(T. Pratchett)
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