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|  | An Impressive Mid-1800s Home in Mt. Holly Springs | This home was probably built by the upper crust and when it was built it was alone. It is reasonable to believe there were no other homes within a couple hundred yards at the time and in fact there may have been less than a dozen homes in the town at the time. It was heated by fireplaces – note the impressive brick chimneys. I can’t remember if the Y on the front was there when I was young, I believe it was. I would love to take some inside pictures. This home sits next to one of the largest single homes in the town. |
|  | Four Row Homes in Mt. Holly Springs | This row is unusual for the town – four attached homes. They probably don't date beyond the 1920's and they have been well kept. Note the ground walkway between the first and second (with a blue door) and the third and fourth homes. This also is unusual in the town because this is one of a very few places where more than a couple homes are abutted. The roofs are still the original metal. These may have been built at one time by one business person, quite likely as "company housing" which was not unusual in this area in the 1920's. There are other examples of it in the area, some of which are featured in this collection. Click company housing below if you want to learn what Tennesee Ernie Ford sang about, "I owe my soul to the company store". |
|  | The Old and the New in TV | This home shows an interesting progression. Near the peak of the roof is an Alliance Antenna Rotor on a mast. The antenna is missing but the base is still there. One of the two lines that connect on the back roof is phone, the other cable. And on the lower roof there is a satellite dish. Mt. Holly had cable TV in the early fifties, long before any other nearby area. It was a CATV, Community Antenna TV. The tower was on the mountain above the town which sits in a bowl that makes TV reception dicey. I helped take down one antenna on a building in this town that was over 60 feet tall – on top of a one story structure. This antenna on this home got at most four channels with acceptable pictures WGAL (8), WHP (55 now 21), WTPA (73 now 27) and another channel that was on 27 that has disappeared. |
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|  | The Diversity of Homes in Mt Holly | Here we see the diversity of homes in the town. The one on the right is definitely a low upper class, the other a home more of the working class. The one on the left has a front yard, a spacious porch, and the third story with the dormer. The siding of the one on the left has been replaced with vinyl as have the shutters. The one on the right almost certainly has aluminum siding. The addition on the side is concrete blocks which is unusual for this construction. |
|  | The Upper Crust of Mt Holly | At the time this was built it may well have been the home of one of the more affluent families in the town. The yellow brick, the impressive window lentils, the keystones above the curved windows, the spacious porch and the sheer size of the home point to affluence. This home wasn't terribly ornate but it was big. |
|  | A Home Without Markers to Indicate Age | The wrap around porch makes it over 70 years old. The pitch of the roof is too flat to be much older unless the roof has been replaced. The set back from the sidewalk and the iron fence could qualify it as a relatively old home in the town. This is one of those homes what I would have liked to get inside and look at. |
|  | A Large and Interesting Home in Mt Holly Springs | I can't really set an age on this home but it is most likely near the age of the library to its right that is well over 130 years old. It has been extensively upgraded and some of the character of it has been lost. Interestingly the third story porch remains. The character of the stonework places it with the oldest homes in the town and the large pines are well over a century old. I can't see a significant difference between them today than when I was going to school. |
|  | Two Working Class Homes in Mt Holly Springs | These two homes were built for working class people and probably not until the late 1930's or 1940's. Note the concrete block chimneys that were common in that time. They most likely went to the basement to support a coal furnace. The siding on the one on the left helps date it, they are asbestos shingles. The scalloped lower edge was common on these. Note the rough texture and the small corner cracked off one to the left of the upstairs window. These were brittle and a bump on the corner would have broken it. There is also another cracked one to the right of the window. The piece is still in place. The siding on the other has been replaced with aluminum or vinyl but they took the trouble to keep the character of the home with the porch post and railing. Note the vertical bricks along the porch. |
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