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Harmony, Pa: Old-Fashioned House Voyeurism

Another break I took over the Christmas holiday? Dragging my young niece on a photo-taking adventure in Harmony, PA. Harmony is a historic town close to my (bionic!) sister's house that was founded in 1804 and was the cradle of the Harmonist movement. Although the town's founders moved on to New Harmonie, Indiana just ten years later, the town and many of its buildings are still there today.

Pretty.  I'm digging the red trim.  It would be awesome if that were milk paint.

This chinking photo is for you, T.  See?  I HAVE been paying attention to your educational videos.

How much do I love this brick?  Much, much, much.  For some reason, this reminds me of Europe.  Old and beautiful.

Even chipping paint looks better on a house like this.  On my house, it looked awful.  Here?  Artistic.  Why is that?

The stone trim...so lovely.

When things are well-built and maintained, they last for decades looking fantastic.

The Harmony Inn which is reported to be haunted and ALSO a micro-brewery.  Which means that the ghosts are probably very content.

I wish I could buy a teardrop camper (like the one at Austin Modhouse!) and spend a couple of years traveling around the country stalking old houses.  Because I'm weird like that.

Posted by jeanne on January 6, 2008 at 8:53 AM

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