The Stevens House, "the Birthplace of Minneapolis," has a new heat pump. There's always room for improvement in an old house.

The Stevens House is thought to be the second-oldest extant wood-frame home in the Mill City.

It recently underwent extensive repairs after arsonist(s) kept trying to burn it down.

It's now surrounded by a tall black metal fence that doesn't look bad but lacks the charm of an earlier white picket fence.

Can't be helped.

At Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis.
https://www.minneapolisparks.org/parks-destinations/historical_sites/john_h_stevens_house/

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This small family cottage in Laurel, Mississippi began as a 1920s shotgun house and was expanded after World War II.

I wrote about its history, why it works (and doesn’t), and a renovation plan that exists mostly as a long-held dream.

https://imitationofmink.com/a-shotgun-house-a-post-war-remodel-and-a-dream-renovation-rethinking-my-laurel-cottage/

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