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Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:13 PM
While I was in Bramwell WV having a family thanksgiving. The little town where we were is famous for it's older homes, many built in the coal mining heydays of the 1880s. Here are some of the pictures I took. Some from rather far away since all of these are privately owned.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3588_zps3e0bd2bf.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3588_zps3e0bd2bf.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:14 PM
This one is the most photographed...

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3600_zps408bb1ed.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3600_zps408bb1ed.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:15 PM
Huge place falling into disrepair

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3855_zpsfc7e1ca3.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3855_zpsfc7e1ca3.jpg.html)

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3850_zpse574fb64.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3850_zpse574fb64.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:16 PM
Most of the green roof is copper.

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3687_zpsbe7f89a0.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3687_zpsbe7f89a0.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:17 PM
Some places around town

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3624_zps370e1770.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3624_zps370e1770.jpg.html)
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3619_zps96ed1398.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3619_zps96ed1398.jpg.html)
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3848_zps74fe711b.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3848_zps74fe711b.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:18 PM
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3847_zps9c15d4fb.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3847_zps9c15d4fb.jpg.html)
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3844_zpsb230a4fc.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3844_zpsb230a4fc.jpg.html)

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3845_zps44deb960.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3845_zps44deb960.jpg.html)
Second Hand Pat
12-05-2013, 06:20 PM
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3831_zpsf7f8f13a.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3831_zpsf7f8f13a.jpg.html)
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3828_zpsce9fceee.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3828_zpsce9fceee.jpg.html)
http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3821_zpsa8fcdf91.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3821_zpsa8fcdf91.jpg.html)
Skip
12-05-2013, 06:23 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Second Hand Pat
12-09-2013, 04:01 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thanks Skip :)
SMB2
12-09-2013, 04:46 PM
Great shots.
Bet you were glad to get back to Fla.!
Second Hand Pat
12-09-2013, 08:04 PM
Great shots.
Bet you were glad to get back to Fla.!

Thanks Stan, very much so.
DiscusLoverJeff
12-09-2013, 08:51 PM
Nice photos Pat. Great way to reflect on the past.
Nick Klimkowski
12-09-2013, 09:10 PM
Love the photos Pat.
Pardal
12-09-2013, 09:28 PM
Great Pics, Pat.
dirtyplants
12-10-2013, 02:06 AM
Incredible homes awesome scenic settings, almost transforming like taking a time machine back into another period. These are beautiful homes.
Skip
12-10-2013, 10:21 AM
This one is the most photographed...

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad95/Second_Hand_Pat/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3600_zps408bb1ed.jpg (http://s925.photobucket.com/user/Second_Hand_Pat/media/Historic%20Bramwell/DSC_3600_zps408bb1ed.jpg.html)

$259, 000 Phillip/Phoebe Goodwill Home. Historic
9 bedroom.. 3.5 baths.. 7100 sq ft. Built 1897
$37 sq. Ft.

I want it!
Second Hand Pat
12-10-2013, 10:43 AM
Nice photos Pat. Great way to reflect on the past.

Thanks Jeff


Love the photos Pat.

Thank you Nick


Great Pics, Pat.

Thanks Julian
Second Hand Pat
12-10-2013, 10:55 AM
Incredible homes awesome scenic settings, almost transforming like taking a time machine back into another period. These are beautiful homes.

Thanks, they are gorgeous and so expensive to restore.Tom's bother has restored an old country store they call the Corner Shop. They have a lunch and dinner menu plus plus serve the old fountain drinks it was famous for in it's hey day. I have pictures of that and will create a thread in the near future with pictures.
Second Hand Pat
12-10-2013, 10:57 AM
$259, 000 Phillip/Phoebe Goodwill Home. Historic
9 bedroom.. 3.5 baths.. 7100 sq ft. Built 1897
$37 sq. Ft.

I want it!

Once you owned it Skip what would you do with it. There is almost zero employment in Bramwell....maybe a virtual employee :D
Skip
12-10-2013, 11:05 AM
Once you owned it Skip what would you do with it. There is almost zero employment in Bramwell....maybe a virtual employee :D

ooh :/
dirtyplants
12-10-2013, 12:05 PM
What a shame, to see these homes go into disrepair. Time for a ski resort, some B&B's unique shopping and then placed on the net as a tourist stop, maybe even a horse and buggy.
Keith Perkins
12-10-2013, 02:26 PM
Oofta!
chaoslite
12-10-2013, 06:40 PM
Beautiful Pat.

Mishka
Trier20
12-10-2013, 11:33 PM
I should have looked at this sooner. What great pictures of some beautiful old homes!
Second Hand Pat
12-10-2013, 11:38 PM
What a shame, to see these homes go into disrepair. Time for a ski resort, some B&B's unique shopping and then placed on the net as a tourist stop, maybe even a horse and buggy.

People are buying them and restoring them. If you restore them correctly it requires a lot of money as everything is custom.
Second Hand Pat
12-10-2013, 11:39 PM
Beautiful Pat.

Mishka

Thanks Mishka :D


I should have looked at this sooner. What great pictures of some beautiful old homes!

Thanks Brandon :)
pastry
12-11-2013, 02:53 PM
As a WVU grad that brought back a lot of memories when traveling around WV to check out the state (not originally from WV). Thanks for posting them, Pat. Also, there are whole towns (some pretty large) where the populations have disappeared but the buildings and a few people are still there (after the coal rush slowed down). It's cool and creepy at the same time. If bored then google image Welch, WV and you'll see pics of the main drag from the 40's and it's packed with cars, teenagers running around, businesses booming... then you'll see pictures taken within the past decade with the same image/frame but with just the buildings and main drag.. no people. Not like a portion of a city that turned ghetto and the money only moved several blocks over; but instead, everyone just left.