Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Monday, October 2, 2023

The 20th Anniversary

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On this date in 2003, I closed on the purchase of the Roediger House in the main offices of Piedmont Federal Savings Bank, accepted the keys...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

The Trenches Are Trending

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The slow and plodding labors on the Roediger House irrigation system are proceeding, and it seemed appropriate to offer an update. First...
Friday, July 5, 2019

Winston Theatre

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I get why we need megamultiplexes with stadium seating and surround sound and digital projection and all that. But I also feel the loss of l...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Paid in Full: End of the Mortgaged Manse

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I bought the Roediger House in October 2003 with a 30-year mortgage and earnest hopes I'd be able to pay it off in 20 years. At mid-d...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

And We Was Swingin'

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When the Roediger Family first lived on Spring Street, it was in the house just to the south of me, on the other side of the driveway. To...
Monday, October 20, 2014

The Disaster That Is My Study

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For 11 years now, I've had designs on the northeast front corner room upstairs to someday become my study. Ever since I moved into the R...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Fantastification of the Front Doors

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Last week, I got the front doors refinished, thanks to the good work of Ricky and Nubee Sneed of Clemmons Flooring, LLC. Here's a quick ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Shrove Tuesday, National Pancake Day, and Snow!

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Meal No. 934: Pancakes The reason I was actually home at lunchtime to make pancakes today is because winter is not yet done with us her...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve Tradition

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From the time my parents moved to Mingo, in Sampson County, they started a small Christmas Eve get-together with some of the other couples w...
Monday, November 4, 2013

License Plate Additions

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My older sister Janice was once married to a dairy farmer and lived on a farm just outside Buies Creek. When license plates were changed out...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

10 Years of RoHo Living

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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day I closed on and took possession of the Roediger House. What a great place to call home, and w...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Winston-Salem's Finest Homes of Yesteryear

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George and Laura Roediger built this house in 1905. I bought it just shy of its Centennial, in 2003. For most of this last decade, my knowle...