Victorian House Relocation/Restoration

[abcomatic]

Todd

I am so impressed with your house! I have a victorian too but it hasnt' need that much work. I love all of the colors. Gary

 

[westingman123]

*fanning oneself*

Todd, I've told you before about that kitchen; I'm equally impressed with the rest of your beautiful home. I'm still on the hunt for a similar range hood, btw. As for your daughter thinking all this is normal, well heck yeah, it's normal! You've simply given her an appreciation of the FINER things. I'm most envious of your talent for repair, sadly my Westy twins are languishing in the basement until I get to them. I admit being somewhat daunted.

 

[austinado16]

Glad you guys like it all so much, thanks!

David, the cabinet in the Parlor is a 1948ish Westinghouse stereo console with am/fm/record player. I have my modern Onkyo gear stored down in the lower left where the record storage would normally be. It still works but in the past few years the on/off/volumn knob has become dirty down inside the electronics, so it takes umpteen hundred on/off movements before it'll turn on. I have pursued cleaning the contacts or looking into what else might be the cause. Otherwise, it's in near perfect condition.

 

[spookiness]

very nice

all that, PLUS a VW pickup

 

[blackstone]

9 Shades of Purple Paint....

I'm guessing that the 9 distinct shades of purple are in the 9 rows of scalloping at the top of the house.

I've done a lot of restoration work to my house, but certainly not as much as you have. And certainly not with the results that you have accomplished. Interesting that you noted the Eastlake style. I have a fireplace mantel in that style. That's what someone remarked upon seeing it. I'm in the process of restoring bathroom (actually bathroom expanding into former pantry). My next step is to finish stripping paint of of woodwork in windows and doors, refinishing bathtub, and installing pedestal sink.

Nothing beats before-and-after pictures, especially if they are taken years apart.

 

[pdub]

Westinghouse Radio / Phonograph

Todd,

I have the same Westinghouse radio you have. The insides may be different depending on what year yours was made but they used that cabinet for several years from what I've seen. It's a beauty and goes well with your house which I have to say is stunning. Congratulations on the piece of history and beautiful home you have saved and made for you and your wife. The pictures you posted paint a thousand words.

Patrick

 

[pdub]

The above picture is of the radio just after I got it and this next one is what the radio side looks like when open. It's a beautiful radio with great sound.

 

[58limited]

The radio cabinet looks similar to the 1954 Stromberg-Carlson TV cabinet I have. The TV parts were long gone when I found it, but I put it to use as a liquor cabinet in my living room.

 

[neptunebob]

It was a Westinghouse Broadcasting Company...

Pdub, I notice the buttons on the stereo, are they for preselected radio stations? One of them should be KDKA, as Westinghouse did own them for a long time.

 

[lordkenmore]

Those buttons would have been for preselected radio stations. I've seen them on many, many old console radios.

However, KDKA might not be among them. The pretuned selections were tailored and marked for the specific market the radio was being sold in.

These markings could help identify part of the radio history. I've noticed a few radios turn up in my area that have no stations that belong to this market. While stations do come and go, there are some call letters that have been around forever and are still with us. My assumption is that radio ended up being moved at some point, but it wasn't worth the time or cost to get the radio changed.

 

[omomatic]

Congratulations!!

Well Todd as everyone has mentioned..... job well done. The amount of love and detail that you have placed within this house is truly commendable. People like you are rare. I hope that you both continue to get many more years of pleasure from it.

Thank you

 

[swestoyz]

Stunning. Simply impressive. Thanks for sharing with us!

 

[pdub]

radio buttons

NeptuneBob and LordKenmore-

The buttons are stations that are (or were) from the Portland, Oregon AM radio market which is where I found it. You can change what stations they are tuned to from the inside and then just change the call letter decal on the dial from a big sheet of decals that came with the radio when new. You also have the option of manually dialing in the AM or FM stations as you choose.

Here is an ad from 1947.

 

[austinado16]

Yes, that's my radio!

Thanks for posting the photos. I'll try to get some posted of mine this week. scored it at the local antique auction about 14yrs ago. Waited all day for it to come up, and figured it was so nice that the price would be crazy. I was prepared to pay $500 for it....that's how nice I thought it was. I wound up paying $45!

Re: the VW Rabbit P/u.....yes, that's my daily driver! Found it on a farm about 35mi north. It was literally in pieces and the guy gave it to me just to get rid of it. Just to be stubborn, I put it back together as-is, where-is, and drove it home. I did a quicky to the engine and got another 40k miles out of it before I finally built a real engine for it. I rebuilt the transmission, had the seats upholstered in original VW vinyl, and had it painted in the original color.