Hi Gabrielle, yes, I see sopmeone has moved into the Turner Tavern but had no idea who it was. I'm pretty new to these parts, came here from NYC maybe 7 years ago when I married Jen, but I do love the history of Franklin. I believe there are old ledger books in an old floor safe in the back room, we have the combination, just need to try and actually get it open. I will add you to my mailing list and believe me I will be in touch with questions! Thanks for writing! On 1/23/07, Gabrielle Pierce <gbpierce@frontiernet.net> wrote: > > Tom, you can bend my ear about your house any day (email me privately!) I > am > just down the road from you in the next town in the Amos Bristol Tavern. I > believe Tom & Donna Briggs just bought the Turner Tavern? I've alerted > them > that as soon as possible, I want to be let loose in that place and compare > it to mine. > > ~~Gabrielle Pierce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Buffington" <mhr6068@gmail.com> > To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:15 PM > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Photos in old house > > > > The Bible would never be sold, that is a part of the house. I have read > some > > of the papers but not spent a great deal of time on them. As for the > pics, > I > > will try to get some scanned and if anyone can identify a family member, > > they can have it for the cost of postage. Maybe I can also scan some of > the > > papers in the Bible and post them as time permits. I've always been > > interested in local history so reuniting a long lost family member with > > their family, even if it's only through a photo, would give me great > > pleasure. Thank you for the info on the detail of the house, it's Greek > > Revival but a Victorian porch was added and mabye the sunburst was added > > then. As for the tunnel, who knows? It is an interesting old place, lots > of > > changes and additions over the years. with large steel hooks on rings in > the > > woodwork by doorways, an antique pool table upstairs with the old style > ball > > and cues, all sorts of stuff. Sorry for tying up the pages like this, I > > enjoy talking about the place though. Tom > > On 1/22/07, John H. Beach <John_H_Beach@compuserve.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > Seems like you have a gold mine for someone that would be attached to > that > > > old house. They should be archive/scanned, including the Bible family > > > pages. It might be proper to turn it over to the Franklin Library for > the > > > time being, until someone claims it. > > > > > > Many people are out there that just buy up these things for profit on > > > resales with no real connection to photos, Bibles, etc. > > > > > > These sunburst crescents are very common in old homes that are of > English > > > colonial background and also Federal architectural. They were over > front > > > doors and on sides of the house at the peeks. I am connected to the > > > Daniel > > > Beach lines who ran a tavern/inn in Franklin in the early > 1830's. This > > > old > > > inn, now a house, still stands on Rte. 357 in Bartlett Hollow. If I > am > > > correct, it also has or had sunbursts. > > > > > > The tunnel story is interesting. Maybe the Franklin Library historian > or > > > town old building's historian would know more. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > John H. Beach > > > > > > Yonkers, NY > > > > > > john_h_beach@compuserve.com > > > > > > Note: The "_" character is the underscore character, NOT a space or > dash. > > > January 22, 2007 > > > 9:47 pm > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >