Do Not Urinate Here.
@GardenGerty (162354)
United States
June 21, 2019 8:26pm CST
Did my title get your attention? I hope you will not urinate here, or there.
I went to visit with Sue. She is a friend and was one of my supervising teachers.
She and her husband bought an old train depot, and have remodeled it as a small house. I did not tour the whole thing today, but just parts of it.
There is a pass through type window from the kitchen to the front sitting room or parlor. That used to be the ticket window. She said if I wanted, I could buy a ticket to anywhere. I maybe could not go, but I could buy a ticket. (pretend).
In the back sitting room or lounge or den, they left a section of wall untouched. It is not painted over, or paneled. It has lots of what we might call graffiti, or vandalism.
On that wall is where it says "Do Not Urinate Here."
They are funny to have left that quirky bit of history on their wall.
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@hardtimes (69)
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22 Jun 19
that's pretty cool that they left that wall of history, never thought some 1 would buy a train depot
bet it will look awesome once they get done remodeling it the way they want it.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
Oh, it is remodeled. It is a cozy, soothing house. Neat as a pin.
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@hardtimes (69)
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22 Jun 19
@GardenGerty wish I could see how they set it all up.
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@BelleStarr (61281)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I think I would have left it too, it makes the place special.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
It is. She has really good taste, but also a sense of humor.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I did not have time for a photo yesterday. Maybe at another time.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
22 Jun 19
how fascinatin' to 've found one to purchase! gigglin' o'er the ticket to anywhere, which'd be nowhere :) love they've left that wall, jest adds a lil more character to the place.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
Yes. It shows her sense of humor, both the ticket window and the unpainted graffiti. Our town is trying to preserve an old brick depot. I am not sure what they plan to do with it. We have a number of historic things in town. Just not many people.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
23 Jun 19
@crazyhorseladycx Tour buses come in to the Harvey House Museum often, I guess. It was originally located by the train but moved when they decided to preserve it. Harvey Houses were places for travelers to get a meal, and I think sometimes a room. They had very high standards for their Harvey Girls.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
3 Jul 19
@crazyhorseladycx I will have to do that soon.
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@moffittjc (122797)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jun 19
That is funny that they left a section untouched. If nothing else, it will make for great conversation!
We recently renovated our old train station into a general store and public gathering space for a new park we built on the grounds of the old train station. Before the train depot renovations began, they did some research on the history of the building, and it turns out that our city's only Civil War battle took place at the train station. During renovations, they discovered a section of the depot wall that still had Civil War bullets lodged into the wood siding. They lett that part untouched during the renovations, and now when you go to the depot building, you can see the wall that still has the remnants of the Civil War battle!
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
23 Jun 19
Great way to preserve and create an interest in History. I really like it when they salvage old buildings and put them to use.
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@moffittjc (122797)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jun 19
@GardenGerty I agree. It's nice that they preserve (and sometimes repurpose) old buildings. It's such a shame that more buildings aren't preserved in this fashion.
@andriaperry (118364)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Jun 19
Love i! I might have left that too. I would like o live in a place like that.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I bet you would. It is compact and tidy on a big lot. They have a bit of a shed out back and a porch where they can sit in a breezeway. She says they have lots of truck traffic. I am guessing because it is out in the middle of a bunch of corn fields.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16862)
• China
22 Jun 19
Funny thing!Do they want the section of wall to be preserved as a reminder of an old train depot ?
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
Yes, a reminder. A mention of the past life it had.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
This one wall certainly is trying to.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
There are no longer any tracks in use. I think they were even pulled up. I was surprised that this was a frame building. The town I work in has a larger brick depot that is their library. It has lots of railroad memorabilia like scales and such.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
Quite likely. I really like this lady and her husband. It has been good to work with her, too.
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@LadyDuck (472499)
• Switzerland
23 Jun 19
@GardenGerty It shows that she has an open mind, surely a nice lady.
@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I would have too much junk and clutter. I like that it is a nice house and yet is not pretentious at all.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
The house had a thoroughly modern bathroom. Lots of great light all around through the windows too. Very tidy, tiny house.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
3 Jul 19
I am glad you got a laugh. Their place is cozy and neat as a pin. It is bigger than a "little house" but not by much.
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@RasmaSandra (82784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jun 19
Sounds like an interesting place to live in. Noting wrong with remodeling an old train depot but one time I read an article where a guy went to live in a public toilet. It was used as a toilet on the street in London. He then purchased it and made it into a home. I am not sure about that.
Converting abandoned public toilets in London into flats and business may be the solution to rising property prices.
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@GardenGerty (162354)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I am with you. I would think twice. I know that people make homes in old salt mines. I also went to dinner a couple of times in a restaurant in a cave in Missouri.
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