02 March 2016

paper trails

spent a mindless couple of hours in the sub-basement of the courthouse this afternoon, running a chain of title for my old house in inman park --- all or most of the names were familiar since our old friend sarah blackwood, who had lived on the street since the 1940s, remembered them and much more --- she told me, e.g., that the reason the elbows in the metal heating ducts were rusted out is that certain trashy tenants let their kids pee in the registers --- i'm not sure how she knew that ---

deeds document a lot --- i was not aware that the first deed (1912) for my old house included "whtes-only" restrictions --- some things have changed and  i'm glad to say that we did our part to ensure diversity in its residents

and this little tidbit was in a quitclaim deed (1961) for the house from the crespo brothers to mrs. faulkner, the widow who buggered up the interior when she turned it into an owner-occupied rooming house after the crespo's father, to whom she had been engaged, died in september 1957 ---

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kids peeing in the registers!!! LOL!!! Out of sight, out of mind; except for the rust and the smell...ewwwwwww

b

Anonymous said...

more... we need more history of Sinclair House... You guys were the best thing that happened to the structure, beyond the initial building years.

tomitron said...

i'm working on it