This is the Home My family Lived In
from the Fall of 1954 until we moved in Feb of 1958. It’s the Grey house with the Orange door, not the colors it was when we lived there. It was White and the door was varnished dark wood.
I believe that I can recall my Mom saying that they paid about $16,000 for it. It was built by a school teacher from Richmond HS and her husband in 1928, and I believe her name was Mrs. Perrill. Both of my parents had her as a teacher when they attended Richmond HS. I remember that she came by shortly after we moved in, I was only 3 years old, she kind of looked like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
This was a lovely home to live in. It had an unfinished basement that my brother and I played in during the rainy days. And my Mom got her first automatic washer, a Bendix Economat when we moved there. My Dad strung clotheslines in the basement so Mom could hang the laundry there when it rained, we didn’t get a dryer until after my sister was born in August 1955. It was a Norge Timeline. It had a laundry shute, 3 beds 1 bath upstairs and 2 beds 1 bath down. Were never used the bedrooms downstairs, but my Grandparents lived there for about 2 months while they were waiting to move into another home.
And this is the home where I was bedridden for 6 months with Rheumatic Fever in 1957.
We were the second owners, and the current owners bought it in 1974 for $38,000 and its now valued at over $800,000. I don't’ know if they purchased from the buyers my parents sold to, but for a 90 year old home its not had very many owners.
I hated moving from there because my very first best friend lived three doors down and I really missed him.
The house to the left in the picture was owned by an older couple, the Robere’s and was painted two tone Blue to match their 1949 or 50’ Kaiser, Light Blue with Navy Blue trim. They later got 55’ Dodge 4 door and painted it to match the house!
I was so surprised that I could find this picture on line and I wanted to share it here since it kind of is relavant to the Mrs. Swenson You Tube that Launderess posted here a few days ago.
Eddie
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Richmond/445-Dimm-St-94805/home/1163464