The front entrance was massive, those pillars were awesome. That porch on the second floor over the front door was for viewing parades and just watching the traffic on Brown Street.
The attic had a dance floor and a bandstand, never had a dance there, but I imagine there were some. The front two windows, front and side were my room, from the one I could see what was going on out in the alley, and the front one faced brown street. It was a big room.
The door on the side was the side entrance to his office, there is a front door there next to that window that went in to his waiting room. It is gone here, but there was a wrought iron fence around the front.
The garage in the back was built in the late 30's. Dad had his brother Denny, who was a carpenter from Indiana come over, Joe Rizzo did the cement work, brother Dean and others helped out. It was a BIG two-door, with attic and room for the workshop. There was a "breezeway" between the garage and the house, both levels.
I have spent a lot of time in the attic front window, it was so high and a great "secret" place to spy.
This foto was right before demolition, a freeway is in this exact spot.
She was a gracious old lady, spent many glorious hours in this home ..... as one of the demolition guys said as they were getting ready to tear her down .... "You could build five houses today, with the lumber in this attic."
