Goodman's Journey
  • Home
  • Blogroll

Page 2 from Huntsville

4/2/2009

0 Comments

 
Picture
_2 April '09

Friday

After such a wonderful sunny day we had yesterday, this morning has shown us that the stormy weather is still around.  We’ve turned to the weather channel a couple of times this morning and we have seen that we’re not having some of the tough weather that a lot of the country is having.  Anyway, we decided to stay close, so while I’m doing a little “home work” on the computer I’m enjoying myself at the convection oven as well.  I had the urge to bake, so bake I did.  I just finished baking peanut butter and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.

Picture
_Now while they’re cooling I’ll finish up yesterday’s journey. Leaving Brindlee Mountain 15 miles behind us, we arrived at the Huntsville.  Just by chance we happened to leave the freeway at the same exit as AAA has their new offices.  This last Monday morning we decided to re-join the AAA to take advantage of their great maps and tour books.  We’ve always enjoyed having both of them, but for some reason we let the membership lapse.  Now with a new membership card and a stack of new materials…we’re ready.  Our next stop, Huntsville Visitor Center.  They were very helpful in getting all the local tourist information in our hands including a walking map of the historical homes of Huntsville.

Picture
_I’ve written before of the historical homes of some of the southern states we’ve visited, but this was the first stop that we could see so many of them on a walking tour.  In 1810 Leroy Pope, Huntsville’s first land developer, arrived in the area to set up office.  He named the area “Twickenham” after the home of the poet Alexander Pope.  In 1812 anti-British sentiment was rising because of the War caused the name to change to Huntsville in honor of its first settler.  Soooo, the area that we were walking was called the “Twickenham Historic District”.

Picture
_Twickenham is one of the largest concentrations of antebellum homes in the South.  We walked the sidewalks and streets admiring these fine residences’ that were built between 1870 and 1930.  It is the only predominantly Victorian neighborhood remaining in the city.  While on our walk, we saw “dwellings” of modest one and two-story vernacular Victorian homes, Bungalows of the 1920-30’s, cape Cods, and a few Ranch style homes of the 50’s.  One of the homes was used as the headquarters for Federal Army General Ormsby Mitchel during the Civil War.

Picture
_Remember, yesterday was a great day for a walk, in the low to mid 70’s and lots of great sunshine.  Our next stop was at the hardware store…  Harrison Brothers hardware store was established in 1879 and still open for business today.


Picture
_The only difference is that the store is run by volunteers and the profits go to the Historic Huntsville Foundation.  The foundation took over ownership after the last living family member John Harrison, passed away in 1983.  The National Cash Register is supposed to be well over 100 years old as well.

Picture
_They still use it…no receipt, but they still put the daily cash into it.  Let’s just hope that it doesn’t permanently lock up one of these times. 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    *Locations*

    All
    Amsterdam
    Austria
    Belgium
    Bosnya
    Canada
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Egypt
    England
    Estonia
    France
    Germany
    Germany Part 2
    Greece
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Madrid
    Mexico
    Mexico Bcs
    MX - Cabo San Lucas
    Netherlands
    Poland
    Portugal
    Scotland
    Serbia
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Switzerland
    Turkey
    USA - Alabama
    USA - Alaska
    USA - Arizona
    USA - California
    USA - Colorado
    USA - Florida
    USA - Georgia
    USA - Idaho
    USA - Illinois
    USA - Indiana
    USA - Kentucky
    USA - Louisiana
    USA - Maine
    USA - Maryland
    USA - Massachusetts
    USA - Michigan
    USA - Minnesota
    USA - Mississippi
    USA - Montana
    USA - Nevada
    USA - New Jersey
    USA - New Mexico
    USA - New York
    USA - North Dakota
    USA - Ohio
    USA - Oregon
    USA - Pennsylvania
    USA - Seattle
    USA - South Dakota
    USA - Tennessee
    USA - Texas
    USA - Utah
    USA - Vermont
    USA - Washington
    USA - Wisconsin
    USA - Wyoming
    Utrecht Nl
    Wales


    *Archives*

    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    July 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    June 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009
    February 2009
    January 2009
    December 2008
    November 2008
    October 2008
    September 2008
    August 2008
    July 2008
    June 2008
    May 2008
    April 2008
    March 2008
    February 2008
    January 2008
    December 2007
    November 2007
    October 2007
    September 2007
    August 2007
    July 2007
    June 2007
    May 2007
    April 2007
    March 2007
    February 2007
    January 2007
    December 2006
    November 2006
    October 2006
    September 2006
    August 2006
    July 2006
    June 2006
    May 2006
    April 2006
    March 2006
    February 2006
    January 2006
    December 2005
    November 2005
    October 2005
    September 2005
    August 2005
    July 2005
    June 2005
    May 2005
    April 2005
    March 2005
    February 2005
    January 2005
    December 2004
    November 2004
    October 2004
    September 2004
    August 2004
    July 2004
    June 2004
    May 2004
    April 2004
    March 2004
    February 2004
    January 2004
    December 2003

Goodman's Journey © 2021 | All Rights Reserved.
​Website Creation by Amy Riordan, LLC