Toby most graciously hosts the fun architectural meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors. We look for unique portals, and look around for same.
Today, I am using pictures that have ben seen before, yet given the look at these windows I am able to show a unique set of perspectives of one room, one outside and one in...
This house is known as the Humphreys Homestead, home of the local Derby Historical Society. The house was completed in 1698, and was considered a mansion in those days. The neat period windows are the classic 12-over-12 arrangement.
Inside, we see the same room, Lady Humphreys Parlor, the luxurious (in that day) sitting room to host guests. Stark these days perhaps...opposite sides of the same room, a look at the past as it was...
Toby hosts the fun architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, full of portals and windows. Today I am at the Derby Historical Society museum and home of General David Humphreys, aide de camp to General Washington. This homestead is one mile or so from home in Ansonia. Here is the tea service setup in Lady Humphreys parlour with a cool multi-pane reflection that is as wavy as the old window glass. This was a luxurious home in the 17th century. How times have changed!
Daughter Allegra works part-time for the Derby Historical Society at the David Humphreys House in Derby. Local schools bring fifth-grade students for the program A Day in 1762.
She portrays a local figure in that year, that being Elizabeth Clark Hull. Standing in back of the old house and in costume, she looks like she is in 1762, except for the modern vehicles and paved driveway, utility lines, etc.
