tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post2738452146569956789..comments2023-11-11T12:35:52.923-08:00Comments on Rooted in Elizabeth: The Mystery of Two Girls and a GarageLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-65442068555620272872018-01-19T15:54:46.233-08:002018-01-19T15:54:46.233-08:00You are very welcome! If I may ask, what are the f...You are very welcome! If I may ask, what are the family names you are researching? Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-36769001235831180502018-01-19T14:43:40.436-08:002018-01-19T14:43:40.436-08:00I am trying to identify pictures from my grandmoth...I am trying to identify pictures from my grandmother and they also have the imprint "Printed by Elizabeth Novelty Co". Now I can at least narrow it down to after 1915. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-32390094335176172652016-05-04T15:45:07.771-07:002016-05-04T15:45:07.771-07:00Thanks for another informative comment Bob! I love...Thanks for another informative comment Bob! I love old houses, and hate to see them torn down.<br /><br />My Dixon great-grandparents lived at 127 E. Jersey St. in 1897. My great-grandmother lived at 159 West Grand Street according to the 1920 census. After 1927, when she married her second husband, they lived at 125 West Grand. My mother described the house at 125 W. Grand as quite fancy. The site of that home is now, as you say, one of those very dull apartment buildings. So sad.<br /><br />Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-31365146690806340152016-05-03T20:17:02.419-07:002016-05-03T20:17:02.419-07:00I don't know who the girls are but the home in...I don't know who the girls are but the home in the background is a typical Victorian home in Elizabeth and likely dates to the 1870s-1880s. The Second Empire architectural style is characterized by the mansard roof with window dormers, providing bonus living space for large families or live in servants. The bay window on the first floor may have been the parlor, library or dining room. The property is large and on a corner. This may have been on West Grand or West Jersey St. where upscale homes like this were built. Most have been replaced by dull looking apartments.Bob Baptistahttp://colorantshistory.org/ElizabethThenNow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com