Tiny Houses - NOT

[littlebittybobby]

Okay---there's a row of these type o' "tiny houses" across from the Park near me. They are small, but not "tiny", by definition. Prolly 20 x 20, built in the late-40's. All are same design except this one--see photo. It was the scene of a homicide on Xmas day. The perp is 64, victim 77. My theory about the case is that alcohol & nagging just don't mix. See? Even though the exterior looks cluttered, I zoomed in on the photo, and everything is 100% legit, cordin' to the rules here.

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[iris lilies]

Okay---there's a row of these type o' "tiny houses" across from the Park near me. They are small, but not "tiny", by definition. Prolly 20 x 20, built in the late-40's. All are same design except this one--see photo. It was the scene of a homicide on Xmas day. The perp is 64, victim 77. My theory about the case is that alcohol & nagging just don't mix. See? Even though the exterior looks cluttered, I zoomed in on the photo, and everything is 100% legit, cordin' to the rules here.

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Bobby, is that abandoned motel court, the one with tiny stone houses, still extant in Springfield? I always thought those places would be cool to develop. We had a fabulous Art
deco motel court called “The Coral Court” on highway 66 in St. Louis, but eejits tore it down to make cheap tract houses. Tragic.

edited to add:

this is the one I mean. Apparently it has been torn down. But isn’t there another one that National Park Service owns that is similar?


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[littlebittybobby]

okay----IL, I'm not certain which lil ol' motel court you are referring to, as there are several of those along the various routes old 66 took through NW Springfield. Newspaper articles have covered these many times over the years, and I don't recall all the details. But there's one on K-street just west of Glenstone, across from Aldis. The rock-sided "cabins" have been residential rentals for years, and I don't mean touristy-type rentals. One resident with an El Camino has been there quite awhile; another unit caught fire several years ago, killing the occupant. But yeah--in SFD, "old" does not necessarily mean classy; newer is better, for the most part. Mosta those old Mo-tells became No-tell-m0-tells and were stigmatized,countless times. Like the one at the corner of W. Bypass & Chesnut Expwy(66). A few years back, the cops raided the place, an' shot a feller in his truck as he tried to get away. Seems like they tore that one down since, as it was a den of iniquity, anyway. That's another point: your idea of "junk" and "historical" vary greatly from mine. A motel just up at the interection near me that also housed the "Stuffed Pig" rest-o-rant for many years was razed in the early-70's, after the owner was murdered on-site. The crime was never solved, but his heirs still own the land, and it was leased to build the first Walmart located in a urban area. Wallmart then moved down the street 30 years ago, so now the building is occupied by hobby-lobby, which has lots of high-priced junk & trinkets for wimmin. Yup. But hey--there are still quite a few o' them late-30's early-40-s rock-sided houses on the north side. We got um. Yup. But, I can't say I'd recommend sinking a small fortune inta rehabbing one. They didn't build 'em like the Scand-o-navians waaaay up north there, in the middle o' nowhere; they used hill-people building codes, if you get my drift. Yup.

[iris lilies]

Bobby, of course you do not appreciate the nicer things in your area. I’m not surprised.

Those stone houses, the ones made of flat stone, are called “giraffe houses “and they are a vernacular architecture for the Ozarks area. We have one of those houses on the edge of town in Hermann. They are very cool but the exterior is a PITA to maintain.

A Google search tells me they are built this way:
The method goes something like this: sandstone or limestone is collected, sometimes split and then carefully mortared in place. The mortar, along with the flat-surface stones with their hues of brown, tan and red, are what creates the pattern that resembles a giraffe's hide.Apr 6, 2024

https://www.ozarkian.com/giraffe-sto...in-the-ozarks/





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[littlebittybobby]

My neighbors have one, originally built in 1942. They have lived there 30 years. But when the previous owner lived there, I got a close look at summa the "stuff" that was done originally and in a 1963 remodel. Not good. Git-er-done was the operative slogan. But yeah---there's a diff in how things "look" and how stuff is made. I would not give 2 cents for the 'giraffrican" place. Now, the place across the street, built in 1957--I wanted to buy it real bad. It was bilt rite. And yea--it has 30 year-old-plastic "capped" (asap)over 67-year-old cement tile. Still looks good, though the new guy isn't conscientious about it. But yeah---the old rockk houses look cool, but not well-built. But for the times, I guess.