Inspectorjoe Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Today's house had a neighborhood bar in the walk out basement. It closed about 50 years ago, but was entirely intact. I got a chuckle out of the tax stamps dating back to the 30's that were posted behind the bar. Printed at the bottom of the stamps is KEEP THIS STAMP POSTED. Unfortunately, it doesn't say for how long. For eternity? I've got to think that after 78 years, it can be safely taken down. It's interesting to see that the fee jumped from $20 to $25 between 1933 and 1934. That was a lot of money in the depth of the depression. Click to Enlarge 60.68 KB Click to Enlarge 57.26 KB Way up above the bar was another cool find. An addition added to the rear of the house left a perfectly preserved 100+ year old wood shingle roof. It's kind of hard to see under the thick layer of dust. Click to Enlarge 37.8 KB Click to Enlarge 32.2 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Sounds like a fun inspection to me, though not the sort of place I'd expect to find Joseph of Nazareth (Can I be the first on this forum to call you that?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 That's funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Way cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Ditto and likewise. Wicked cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Jimmy Morrison's wet dream....an actual bar in his own basement. [] Brian G. Serving No Beer But Guiness, Of Course [:-drunk] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 The 1934 Ford Model 40 DeLuxe Coupe had a factory price of $555. Divided by $25 = a factor of 22.2 If that car today cost say $22,000, that liquor licence would cost you $990, up from $793 the year before. People were working long hard days for $1. "How much for a drink? Two bits? I'll have a double". [:-party] Would those shakes be Red Cedar? They should be on the wall behind the bar, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 The shingles are especially cool. I inspected two structures on one property this week - one circa 1799 and the other circa 1845. Here is a document found in the older building, which served as a store, post office and tavern: Click to Enlarge 42.09 KB Click to Enlarge 42.09 KB It's a document from the Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America declaring the store and tavern at Gravel Hill, Virginia as a Post Office overseen by the fella at the top. It was issued in March of 1864. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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