As promised, I am posting photos of some wonderful doors on some gorgeous houses from our Siblings’ Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday Adventure and Roadtrip to Historic Galena, Illinois, circa 2019. I was going to have t-shirts printed up with that moniker, but we are all kinda too skinny to fit it on a single t-shirt, and there aren’t enough of us to print 1 word per shirt…. okay, Onward and Upward!
After The Mrs & I enjoyed a delicious repast at restaurant “Fried Green Tomatoes”, we decided to sally north from the historic downtown area and explore the residential area on the hillside above. On the map, you will note the Compass graphic in the lower right-hand corner, and you should also be able to locate Fried Green Tomatoes…
Up… This is the side of a cement stairway on Hill Street leading to the residential area. It was constructed in 1931.
And the view back down the stairs to downtown…. This stairway took us to Prospect Street where we conducted our residential doorway safari.
Our First Stop was in front of the Grace Episcopal Church because: 1) The Mrs is named Grace; 2) It has a wonderful red door; and 3) It illustrates the slanty-ness of the street!
West of there, and up the hill, we passed by the Lamberson Guest House. We both thought it looked inviting for a stay!
And we also admired the Edwards House;
and the Felt Manor Guest House;
and the quaint little Osprey’s Nest;
and this (apparently) unnamed home;
next to this (apparently) unnamed home;
next to THIS (apparently) unnamed home;
which took us to this “doubly-named” building, which WAS the High School, but is now apparently apartments/condos, “Galena Green Luxury Lofts”.
At this point, I was certain we were done with doors for the day, but as we walked down a wonderful little pathway to the west end of downtown, I spotted this door with a fabulous companion round window hidden amongst trees and behind a huge stone wall and other obstructions. I stood on tip-toe and raised my camera over my head to get this image…
This little journey through Galena’s Door Land is inspired by Norm 2.0 and all the other Door-o-philes throughout the world who celebrate doors every Thursday. You can see Norm’s Doors and links to everyone else’s doors HERE.
what a fun day it was! great photos, plus that one window i was too short to see.
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I guess the gentlemanly thing to do, would have been to lift you up on my shoulders!
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Lovely selection of doors
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Thanks Sheree!!
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What marvelous houses (and doors), named or not! No one would be fat if they went out often enough and used all those stairs and slanty streets. 🙂
janet
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Thx janet! Yes, even going out for a cup of tea would certainly give you a daily minimum dose of aerobic exercise!!
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Wow, what a collection! And the architecture likewise. A feast of foreignness.
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So glad you stopped by Charles!! I think “foreignness” is an apt descriptor! Although I don’t think the hills would bother you a bit, almost like your yard at Veddw. Gracie sends her best…
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What a charming towns, beautiful homes and doors.
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Thx Alice! It is a wonderful little town, a real gem actually…. It is actually a shame this was only the 4th time I had been there in my lifetime!
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Steepness!
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So very different compared to the prairie flatness of the majority of the rest of Illinois!!
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I live in a very flat country, so I noticed straight away. Imagine taking all those steps just to get to your front door!
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Oh Fried Green Tomatoes -I saw that movie for a few years during summer vacation of my kids -every day!! It was their favorite movie:)
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ahhhh, YIKES! Once or twice, maybe, but everyday!?!
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That is being a parent of (the then) teens:). Have to say though, it could have been a worse movie, so I took it in stride, and was not much in the living room during they were watching!
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I would say you earned your Great Mom Award for that! If you need a referral, let me know…
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Wow, such character. I love the ones that are elevated. Nice finds.
Pat
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Thanks Pat…. and apparently there are many more lovely homes further UP the hill! Looks like another trip back there is required! 🙂
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Your post was Chuck full of unexpected goodies. By the way, love the name of that restaurant:))
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The restaurant was pure serendipity… we were looking for someplace to eat, but EVErY other place we looked at had waiting lines. FGT had no waiting line, apparently because it looked a tad more upscale than the other places, but prices were reasonable and the food…. FANTASTIC!!
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So very different compared to the prairie flatness of the majority of the rest of Illinois!!
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I’m not sure I’d be a fan of all that climbing but my what a wonderful looking neighborhood. Some grand and gorgeous old homes there. Thanks for sharing these 🙂
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It was a glorious visit, but the climbing sure adds a certain, ummmm, challenge!
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Those are some beautiful houses and Oh My – the steps! I like steps, but wow, some of those entrance ways are daunting.
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The steps do make for an elegant statement, but my knees started aching just looking at them!!! 🙂
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Mine too!
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I think the first guest house would be ideal if toting luggage. lol Love the old homes!
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