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gottahaveahoove

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Everyday, I'm spending time working in the "cats'apartment'.
I'm preparing for the carpenter to spend 1 day in there, installing cabinets, a bar sink, and track lighting. I have 1 more wall to tear down.I'm finding long-forgotten stuff. There are vac toys, bags (forever), books, tools, all kinds of Hoover cleaners. It's amazing.
This will be a marvelous display room when The VCCC comes here, now in 2022.
 
This room is upstairs, over the kitchen

It was initially used, I believe, as the maid's room. When the house was ruined (cut into an apartment), it was the kitchen. Noe, this barn top ceiling, 2 steps down from the rest of the , has a banister inside the wall. When that wall comes down, the room will become a "loft". I've put a "Pittston" coal stove up there. They were manufactured 4 buildings down the street. I love restoring history. There are also a few Coca Cola items, as well as local artifacts.. Grablick's dairy made fantastic ice cream, etc. Ice cream containers, milk bottles, and other local artifacts will be in one corner. In a nice, newly constructs closet will house Christmas decorations and Hoover "parts", etc will be house there. But,I'm preparing a wonderful space to exhibit outstanding Hoover Company products.
 
This room is upstairs, over the kitchen

It was initially used, I believe, as the maid's room. When the house was ruined (cut into an apartment), it was the kitchen. Now this barn top ceiling, 2 steps down from the rest of the house , has a banister inside the wall. When that wall comes down, the room will become a "loft". I've put a "Pittston" coal stove up there. They were manufactured 4 buildings down the street. I love restoring history. There are also a few Coca Cola items, as well as local artifacts.I was have the plexiglass sign for The Pittston Hospital.. Grablick's dairy made fantastic ice cream, etc. Ice cream containers, milk bottles, and other local artifacts will be in one corner. In a nice, newly constructs closet will house Christmas decorations and Hoover "parts", etc will be house there. But,I'm preparing a wonderful space to exhibit outstanding Hoover Company products.
 
I really miss

HGTV's "If walls could talk", now that was a good show.I especially liked when an old family member who grew up in said house, stops by while they're taping and brings little artifacts or what not's to donate to the cause and answering any questions they may have. Your house has been in your family for some time I believe right?
 
Your Home

Hello John, If I may. I enjoy hearing stories about these historic treasures people are living in, like yours. Have a couple questions just out of curiosity. Had the house already been converted to apartments when your family bought it? Are you the second in your family to be the Lord and Master? How long have you lived there? Have you ever had any contact with anyone who lived there before your family bought did? I wonder how many times the house actually sold. A friend of mine grew up in a home that's designated as a historical landmark up in Benicia Ca. The house was built in the mid 1800's. It's on a hillside that faces the bay, His parents still live there and have since the mid 1970's. His mom keeps the house as period correct as she can. Most of the windows have the original glass which looks wavy and like it had been sand blasted, it adds to the overall ambiance. There are walking tours about three times a year given by the historical society. Since they're on the registry their home is open for the tours as well. Are you involved with your local H.S.?What am I saying, you're probably on the board of directors,lol! Thanks for reading this!
 
Bill, Thanks for asking.

This house was built in the 1870s, by Charles Curry, a baker.It was then sold to Abraham Fiegleman, a jeweler. He and his wife, Rose, are the ones who turned the place into an apartment for their son, Marvin, when he got married. That happened in 1942. Horrible things were done to the house at that time.
Mr.s F died in Pittston Hospital the night before she was to come home. My parents got married in June of 1958, and made this their home. The "apartment" was rented until 1985. Then, I started the "restoration", getting rid of the apartment. I've taken down 4 chimneys, 7 walls, etc.
Inside a wall is where I "found" the banister, thus returning that "staircase" to it's former status.
I spoke to Dr. Fiegleman, an optometrist, about the place. I believe he has since passed. He'd be well over 90 now.
It's a great old place. I learned that the house was built atop an old cemetery.
Fun!!
And, yes, I WAS a part of The Pittston Historical Society. I co-wrote and directed a documentary on The Pittston Hospital.
 
Oh wow that's great

You know that house better than anyone else whose lived there. Built on the sight of an old cemetery yeow. I was thinking that if they didn't excavate before building and I think caskets are lowered about 6 ft. into the ground, and you have a basement which could be below grade unless your on a slant or hillside. Ever hear any knocking on the basement walls? Is the banister that's been incased all these years as nice as the Hoover staircase?
 
They did NOT excavate.

I've found lots of things in the backyard, etc.
It is built on a hill.
About 25 yrs ago, a concrete slab was going in front of the door. When "Bob" noticed that they hadn't dug deep enough (frost line). I started cleaning up, where I discover bones. It was the pelvis of a small child!I told the carpenters to "put back anything they find". I had visions of yellow tape all over the place, TV reporters, religious freaks, etc converging on the front yard.
2 "ghost hunters" and a "medium" have been here.
It's been called LOTS of things: a museum, library, funeral home, MORTUARY,etc. It was after a minimeet, years ago, that one of my friends dubbed it "the palace". Silly, but, hey..........................
Suffice it to say, "things" HAVE happened here. It's NEVER bothered me, ever.
 
I wouldn't be surprised

if there are any remaining spirits,that they felt akin to you, having known you since birth and watching you grow up and all. They may have even 'had your back' a few times and you weren't even aware. Always good to be on their good side if indeed they do exist!Thanks for sharing John.
 
I'm positive there are!

When I removed a wall between the TV room and the 'library', a bunch of stuff fell: photos, paper dolls, hair curlers, etc.
One pic was a little girl, standing by a Xmas tree. I wonder who she was. Did she die here? Marry from here? sell the place? Her whole life came and left. I feel she silently looks over the place.
I wonder if/hope they used Hoovers!I know the Fieglemans had a GE upright. My late mother got rid of that quickly.
 

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