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OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- House Museums in the Western U.S.

by bungalow101 | Places to visit | 0 comments

The house museums in the Western U.S. shown here are the technological & cultural predecessors of our bungalows. They are built of the elements that you can see in our homes hundreds of years later.

I lived most of my life in the West & its austerity greatly impacted my own aesthetic. I can clearly remember gazing upward at the ruins of the first inhabitants of the houses cut into the rocks in Arizona, when I was on a first grade field trip. Even as a wee one I was awed by their age & wished for a time machine so that I could speak with the ancient occupants & experience life as they knew it, high up on the cliffs.

Decades later, I’m still pining for that time machine.

I have visited the last 3 houses listed here & would love to see the ones in Oregon & Washington. I have not included the Gamble House in Pasadena, California because I speak of it so often on other pages. It’s well worth a visit!

I hope to get out West this year & will take many photos to share with you, but I urge to visit yourself.

LET’S VISIT SOME HOUSE MUSEUMS IN THE WESTERN U.S.

West Seattle’s Log House Museum explores the city’s history and looks toward its future
king5evening

I have always wanted to live in a log house. I’m sure that they offered few comforts & allowed creepy creatures easy access, but I am still intrigued. I can well understand Stickley’s famous quote, “There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea..”

Flavel House Museum, Astoria, Oregon
David McElveen (3:51. The section on the museum starts at about 1:20)

I love houses that are furnished with the original family’s belongings.

Charles F. Lummis & Lummis House (8:29)
Jasmine Apple

I want to live in this house.

A wonderfully done presentation showing us this beautiful, Arts & Crafts adobe structure & explaining the accomplishments of Charles F. Lummis.

HouseSmarts “Avila Adobe” Episode 83 (4:58)
HouseSmartsTV

The oldest surviving house in Los Angeles, built in 1818.

Take a look into the history of Casa Grande Ruins
AZFamily

My aesthetic was solidly formed by the austerity of the desert where I lived as a child & young adult. I guess it explains why I grow cactus in Florida & why I love A&C!