FOLKWAYS NOTEBOOK: COTTAGE BUNGALOW, FOLK ART FENCE

Thursday, September 24, 2009

COTTAGE BUNGALOW, FOLK ART FENCE

SIDE VIEW OF 1920s BUNGALOW

A wonderful two-story white cottage bungalow sits among its flower gardens in rural Garrard county, Kentucky. It still has its original weatherboarding siding, multiple paned windows (lights) and metal roof. Its front porch is a common form found in the area, that of wood pillar and stone post. This cottage is small -- probably no more than 900 square feet. Well taken care of plantings are gathered around its perimeter.

FOLK ART FENCE

The folk fencing surrounding the perimeter flower gardens was probably made several years after the bungalow was built. It is made with mostly linear shaped rocks of limestone and is held together with a decorative exuded mortar of an unidentified type. Contrasting, with the mostly linear rocks, are small round brown rocks perched like large eggs along the whole top of the fence. It resembles fences built in the thirties and forties by English immigrant masons. It is about 2 1/2 feet in height. It is eclectic and playful in design as folk art.

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Recently lived in the Appalachian area of the U.S. -- I have now moved to the Pacific Northwest. My blog has covered several years of Appalachian folkways and beginning this year of 2013 will begin to cover the Pacific Northwest. Therefore, there will be a potpourri of Appalachian and Pacific Northwest ways reflected in my posts. I'm an observer of cultures and nature both here and beyond and will bring those observations to you through my writings and photography. Please feel free to leave comments. ~~ barbara. -- http://folkwaysnotebook.blogspot.com/ All photos on this blog are mine unless otherwise designated -- use of photos or text should carry FOLKWAYS NOTEBOOK credit designation.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

COTTAGE BUNGALOW, FOLK ART FENCE

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