![]() ![]() She called it scary and if you have seen it I think you will agree. My daughter said the same thing after seeing some of the areas in Alabama devastated by the tornados recently. Television coverage, extensive as it was (especially inside New Orleans) does not do justice to it. Unless you see it yourself you just can’t understand how bad it really was. It is all very similar in the degree of devastation those poor folks experienced on Bolivar. I have also traveled extensively through areas of SE Texas / SW Louisiana hit by Rita, which was just three weeks after Katrina and the areas of Mississippi directly hit by Katrina. That is a hard way to go through renewal though.įlorence is also right, the devastation was extreme (and BTW extremely under reported). While I hated to see all of that wiped away, the Amish gentleman is correct … when it is all said and done it will be nicer than it was before. Never went back after that time, until after the storm. From the time I was an early pre-teen until my brother was seriously injured in an auto accident during my senior year in high school (MANY YEARS AGO) we fished there at least once a week, sometimes two or three times a week. I grew up fishing the East Bay / Bolivar area. Swiss tend to be more conservative on the whole. But in the field he uses a non-Amish person’s power tools.Īlso, I would guess by his last name that he is from a Swiss Amish group (there are at least a couple in Missouri). In his shop, his tools are driven by horsepower using a contraption that resembles a merry-go-round, allowing up to four horses to turn steel shafts that are geared to saws and planers. Though computers are taboo, he hires non-Amish to do three-dimensional pictures of his hand drawings. He says he has a driver but has also used taxis and gets rides from clients. Schwartz works out of El Dorado Springs, Mo., he has built houses as far away as Colorado and Montana. Schwartz, the Amish builder who erected Mr. ![]() “There’s no question it is harder to get in touch with me,” says Mr. I believe this is the same Danny that was featured in a Wall Street Journal article back in 2008: I enjoy these house tours and gleaning new ideas from their practicality-focused homes.Richard, a good question. My house looks extremely cozy and fancy compared to an Amish home. I am philosophically and (mostly) functionally minimalist. Notably, many houses have unfinished plywood in areas like the laundry. I’ve noticed many homes lack other comfortable “extras” like fluffy pillows, bedskirts, lined curtains, and many finishings such as framed windows. It sounds like a lot of effort!Īdditionally, I would think that at some point those rugs/carpets and the additional energy spent on them, were considered both impractical and unnecessary. My thought is: no vacuum cleaners make keeping rugs clean much harder! Back in the day before vacuums, I’ve read about families hauling all the rugs outside, hanging them on the line, and beating them off. On another of these house tours, a commenter wondered about the lack of rugs. The home is currently for sale (via Hoang Realty), on 30 acres of land. In this photo you can just make out a buggy which lacks an SMV triangle and the lantern hung on the side, typical of Swartzentruber Amish. You can see what looks like a couple of finished buildings here. There is a fairly widespread myth that Amish homes don’t have curtains. This home is relatively small by the way, at just 1,329 square feet. I’m not sure what I’m seeing just to the right of the chair though.Ī heating stove in a living room. Features like electric sockets and switches also indicate the English origin of this home. ![]() Kitchen from another angle, with the island visible with its fancy countertop. ![]() Other plain Amish elements like the oil lamp and single blue curtain pulled to one side. Note what looks like a large coffee dispenser on the right. Only current plumbing is Kitchen sink, Bathroom removed. Great for farmers and equestrian lovers! Property has many extras including: timber frame barn, large new barn built by Amish, cabin with extra living quarters above, two green houses, two garages, two wells (one at 100 GPM), established blueberry bushes. The description notes that the only plumbing in the home is the kitchen sink and I wonder if it wasn’t just left in when the home was purchased (though they took the trouble to remove the bathroom). You can tell instantly that it’s not built in the distinct Swartzentruber style, going by features you’ll see below such as floor tiling, kitchen island, and exposed wooden rafters, to name a few, giving it away. This is actually the second home from this community at Whitefield, Maine (previously we had a look at the home I nicknamed “blue barn”). What makes this home particularly interesting is that it is another, originally English-built, home that a Swartzentruber family converted to their needs. ![]()
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