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BUILT AROUM) UMO■ ■■■ ■■ Mil * ■ ■ ' ' - ■--——-'- II ■S *a£remi-5I lorn*JRemindeiOfTheIjHy I’llYI I IS IIWI SJournal Stall VNrilerSometime in the early IBM's, probably about 18.10. someone built a sturdy log home on a pleasant bill at the edge of whatA fairly steep stairway leads to home ana sunny upstairs hallway and \mcrican charm.three equally sunny bedrooms.THETHE ONLY ADDITION to the woods structure is a television room, walnutauthentically earlyHI,END of furniture maple, cherry andthe rooms ad-givcis now the village of Trenton, located adjacent to the dining ditiona! warmth.Now the home of Mr. and room, whieh was created from Much of the furniture has Mrs Wesley Page. .110 Hamilton a porch winch Page enclosed hy been handed down through the Ave the liouse is basically the, If-lland-awed siding added in 1870, covers the original logs The 1 inch thick outer wallskeen the house warm in winter and cool in summer.The builder made the house so solid that when a severe storm loosened the siding several years ago. the Pages foundthe lug- underneath undamaged and tie* -ealer between them in-f *|C-Insid*-. said Mrs Page each owner has put hi- mark on thehouse while leaving the basuusing weather worn siding from an old barn, smoothed polished to a rich dark finish for the wallsAntique eastuneven*once 1 roomshints of a eovf fht side near tfamilies or was discarded by and others who could sec no value in the old pieces A poplar settle in the living iron catch fast- room is half of one of the 12foot pews from Trenton’s firstcupboard churchThe other half is used as a living room a slight bench for Ihr neat, shaded yardThe dining room table is more two than a century old At one timeit was used during harvests andwere duplicated hv Mr father forenerPage P|P^P|||||||doors in the new roonIparents, it bore little resemblance to the beautifully finish-f,d antique it is now,A unique turn-top table, canebottomed chairs and century old Italian vases that have been made into lamps, are amongother family pieces they have rescued and restored Margo Page, an Armco Steel Corp secretary, and Gary 8.both have authentic Americana in their bedroom furnitureTHE FIRST recorded owners of the Page home were Racheland William Potter who sold thepurgcr, the executor of Rupp’s for Page's tool estateand for GarvI rige s ohm.' miu ito play. Mrs, Page says sttaHIS HEIRS, in turn, sold the $UH ,rrmv hCHfi *hpnin the large familyproperty and il has hern the working Page home for 18 yearsgarden.he sa\ifThey frankly love the place ” You can tell.The old barn still stands, pro-was always meant to he a vidmg a perfect storage place homeMmi*OUR,'ss indicates that a wall eparat if into and an outside chimneyaed fireplace on threshings withairwaintact The rooms areThe oppo-ite side of the room to is dominated bv a lovely carved white mantel and an fireplace The I’added to makeseat all themanv leavestjJBPr'-it long enough farm workers hous*property in 18?»fi to Joseph RuppThe deed described135-acre tract. 105 acres plowed land.” fiyc acres of meadow and 25 acres of woods Tl wa- valued at $8,075WISHESandandi rutheopentor a*EATER.comfortably si/.cd hut not large tion of furniture has given th*it vs as used for When Mrs. Page got the table from her grandbutcheringRupp apparently lived alone m the house or rented it outuntil 1012 when the property was acquired hv Joseph Aiuzs-CONGRATULATIONSTO OUR NEIGHBOR
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Middletown Journal
Middletown, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 10, 1966
Page 31
Full Page
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