Our Home Renovation

Update: This “quick history” is missing a lot of details. A more complete version can be found here.

You may have read how a little trailer led to our buying the Sheridan House. I haven’t, however, posted yet about the interesting history of the Sheridan House. As a bonus, I’ve got a few newly-acquired photos of the interior from days gone by. This short history isn’t meant to be exact or exhaustive, but more just to share the interesting story of the house.

The Sheridan House was built in the early 1920s. A few years after being built, the original owners sold it to the Buist family who I bought it from this year. (Don’t worry, the interesting part is still coming - that wasn’t it…) Mr. Buist passed away sometime prior to 1975 when his wife died. Their son, Charles, took care of the house for the next 30 years. The lawn was kept mowed and overall the property was maintained so as to not be an eyesore. Nobody has lived in the house since 1975. In 2005, Charles passed away and his son is the one from whom I bought the house this year.

So, we’re the third owners of the house and I have to say that it has been a very satisfying challenge to try and fix up the Sheridan House while still maintaining the character and respecting the sentiment and emotion that it represents for the descendants/family of Mr. and Mrs. Buist.

Here are a few photos of the interior of the Sheridan House as it appeared from 1975 until 2007. Click to see them larger.

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