Going home.....

"There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again."
-Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

My husband has lived in a lot of cities, in many different states.
He has fond memories of all of them.

One house that he brings up a lot is this one.
It was an old army barrack in Vancouver, Washington, but it had all those
elements that make a fun house for kids:
a big stair way with a perfect railing to slide down
a wrap around porch that made a great rainy day play area
fire place pillars that could be wrapped to look like candy canes at Christmas
plenty of trees to climb
a rose trellis that made easy climbing up to the second story
an old attic
an old coal furnace in the basement that made a perfect shop

(His family lived in the duplex on the right.)

In 2004 we were able to revisit this house.
It has been restored and is now on a historical registry for Old Fort Vancouver.
(Ulysses S. Grant once slept there!)

It is now used as an office building.

It's kind of sad to think that children no longer play within its walls.

BUT
It is a good thing that it is lovingly cared for and preserved for the future.

♥
JoAnn