West End Neighbors, Circa 1890
Written on September 19, 2007 at 11:24 am, by Lain
The actual Wren’s Nest house is a Queen Anne Victorian in the East Lake style.
Basically, that means it’s asymmetrical, has a wrap-around porch, and steals from a hodge-podge of other Victorian styles. At the time, we weren’t the only Queen Anne on the block.
Atlhistory.com has a great photo album of our neighbors circa 1890. If you tried to find this one, you’d be sitting right in the middle of I-20.
It’s funny to think that at some point, these type houses went out of style and were demolished. Seriously?! Look how crazy that one is!
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2 Comments to West End Neighbors, Circa 1890
There is a house on the street where you come off I-20 at Lee Street – it is on the right, across Lee St. from the church – looks just like this house (or did)
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie, but that house looks eerily like the residence of Norman Bates… talk about crazy.