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,
 
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Pat Reynolds
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