I was able to purchase 105 tin ceiling tiles ( 20 x 24 ) from an old building, probably 1880's. A few will be used to make a backsplash behind my grandmother's Hotpoint stove that I still use. I hope to replace the new copper tins that should never have been placed in a pegged 1850's pie safe by cutting some squares and using an iron punch to make a pattern. Finally, the drinking gourd crop was successful. I hope to end up with about thirty in all. When the summer ends, the green gourds either rot or turn rock-hard. There is absolutely nothing that can be done. Mother Nature makes the decision.
Hello Mr. Cunningham. Those ceiling tiles are a treasure. We have a 1900s dog trot style 4 rooms with enclosed breezeway in Wilton. The Adams house. A early Southern Railway house with high ceilings. We may do our living room with those tin tiles in the future. We are the Researchers that discovered were Wilson's hill was at. One day my Wife and I would love to visit your lovely Historical home. You need a Historical marker down by the roadway.
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Would love to know where the homesite was originally-my husband is Kenneth Wilson who is a direct descendant of Jesse. We have visited the gravesite in Dallas County and went to the Montevallo Cemetery. Found the headstones of relatives.
ReplyDeleteHello Mary Wilson. My Wife and I are Shelby County researchers and we based the location of Wilson's Hill and their homesite by the Wilson's Spring on Hwy. 73(Old Selma Road). It was located just after the Cemetery on the left. We have William Wilsons Pioneer landgrant info from 1826 where his Fathers land was. The new property Owners knocked down William Wilson's 1820s 2 story "I" shaped plantation home that had rock foundations and two Chimneys on opposite ends. Mr. Cunningham has photos before it was destroyed. We took photos also and had a chance to go inside in around 2016.
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