The Enos Kellogg Homestead
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A sporadic recounting of our efforts to restore a circa 1784 New England saltbox in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It
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- Published on Sunday, 24 June 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
As both of my loyal readers know, I love finding stuff in our yard. Old pieces of stoneware, redware, china and glass all get squirrelled away in our basement in containers of "treasures," as my kids like to call them. For the most part, these items went into the ground in the 18th and 19th centuries as...
Everybody Must Get Stoned - Adventures in Building a Wall
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- Published on Saturday, 02 June 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
"And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'
We wear our fingers rough with handling them."
'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'
We wear our fingers rough with handling them."
- From Robert Frost's Mending Walls
The New Wall
With apologies to Mr. Frost, something there is that doesn't love a wall, and
...The New Wall
With apologies to Mr. Frost, something there is that doesn't love a wall, and
The Whale House, The Old House and Other Stories
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- Published on Thursday, 10 May 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
One of the many small mysteries that we encountered when we moved into our house ten years ago was a peeling wooden sign located across the street from our house. The sign hangs (still) in front of the stone carriage barn (now an apartment) that was part of our home's property until the...Facelift
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
Who am I to begrudge a house of a certain age a little nip and tuck? After a couple of centuries of hard living, there are bound to be a few more cracks and a little more sag than in the bloom of youth, and there comes a time when it just makes sense to let the professionals fix the things that can...
Thanks FDR! - WPA photo of the Enos Kellogg Homestead
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
A few months ago I received an email via the Norwalk Historical Society announcing that the Connecticut State Library had begun providing online access to the state's Works Progress Administration (WPA) archives. As you probably already know, the WPA was a Depression-era governmental agency...
Sap Run! Maple Sugaring at the Enos Kellogg Homestead
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
For those of you who don't know her, my wife likes to tell stories. Elaborate stories that, no matter how unlikely they seem on the surface (and they often seem extremely unlikely), she swears to be true. In the interest of full disclosure, most of these stories seem to have at least some verifiable...
The 228th Christmas in the Enos Kellogg House
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- Published on Thursday, 22 December 2011
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
Christmas 2011As much as I like to stay true to the 18th century period of the house, I make a big exception when it comes to Christmas time. Christmas in New England in the 1780s just wasn't sufficiently festive for my tastes, and I can't imagine forgoing a glowing tree for the joys of a full day in church...
Christmas Gardens - Hop a Train to Old Baltimore
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- Published on Saturday, 03 December 2011
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
It being December and all, I am going to briefly switch tracks from my normal old house ramblings to pay homage to my favorite of all Christmas traditions - the Christmas Garden.
For those of you who are conjuring up visions of poinsettias, holly bushes or some sort of festive horticultural extravaganza,...
What am I Bid? Auctions and Old Houses
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
I saw a post concerning auctions on another old house (and more) blog that I really like (www.katyelliott.com), and got to thinking about how integral a role auctions have played in our old house.
First, let me say that I love auctions. Ebay, country auctions, major auction houses, I love them...
Mr. Kellogg Goes to Washington
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- Published on Friday, 11 November 2011
Authors: Enos Kellogg House
Huzzah! I was going to say Yea!, but thought that I would kick it 18th century style in honor of our house.
We got our approval from Connecticut's National Register of Historic Places Review Board last Thursday. Our house's nomination will next be sent on by the state Historic Preservation Office...
