Re: Another Day….

Okay, this is it. Let’s let the old house rest in peace. But, I did get this lovely letter from Clay Bright - since he grew up there, he has the right to say anything he wants:

“That house was built in 1919. It was not a stucco veneer house…it was a stucco over brick house. The walls were 16 inches thick of brick on the first floor and 8 inches thick on the second floor. It was built like a fort. It has only had two owners who lived there. The second was my father H. R. (Bum) Bright. He bought it in 1954 (the year I was born) for $85,000, and lived there until his death in 2004. It was not air conditioned until about 1960. Other than an addition to the back of the house, it remained pretty much unchanged since 1954. By the way, my stepmother had re-done the kitchen in the 1980’s so she might take exception to your “circa 1930’s” comment…lol.

I also walked through it this past Saturday and saw that the new owners were salvaging a lot of the fine woodwork inside (shelves, banisters, floors and the like), as well as a lot of the cut stone, stained glass windows, etc. So, someone is going to get to use them.

In any event, I just thought you might enjoy knowing a little of the history. Life truly does go on.”

Clay Bright