Page 2—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Going Bald??? Now is the time to Re-Tire!! Don’t be forced to put on that Spare - Tire. Miller’s Tire & Service Maytown, PA Phone 426-3430 A lol nl tS SA A ott eo Me SMS ww 7 pe. Livingroom Grouping ~~ 349 3 pc. Sofa-Loveseat-Chair ~~ °299 Single Beds (Complete with bedding) 1 69 Serta - Ortho - Supreme - Bedding Double Size reg. 5260 $199 Set Only Queen Size Reg.s209 $239 Sets Only —LIMITED QUANTITIES— 9 Fumiture 237 LOCUST STREET COLUMBIA Free parking in rear of store 684-3780 Free Delivery — Financing Available EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Norlanco Health Center (Mount Joy Area Only) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Available Day & Night COLUMBIA HOSPITAL 7th & Poplar (Emergency Entrance) [USPS 055-530] Box 75-A, R.D.#1, Marietta, PA 17547 Published weekly on Wednesdays [52 issues per year] Telephone: [717] 426-2212 or 653-8383 Publisher—Nancy H. Bromer Editor—Diane L. Krantz Advertising Manager—Kay Kauffman Marietta Editor—Hazel Baker Mount Joy Editor—Cherie Dillow Vol. 80, No. 17, April 30, 1980 Advertising Rates Upon Request Entered at the Post Office in Marietta, PA, as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate—$6.00/ year [Outside Lancaster County—$6.50/ year] Rp aE al al a a aE a ST a EE wR A a EE aT 4 Enjoy your town; Take a stroll with Queen Anne Nd | by Margie Landis Lovely spring days beckon one to the outdoors. In these times of high gasoline prices and concern about getting adequate excercise, the city or town dweller has a wealth of outside entertainment just a few steps away. Take a walk around town and notice what you have missed seeing all these years— notably the architecture of the houses in town. Although there is a whole § host of architectural styles E (as well as all kinds of items g of daily life) to which we ? give the generalized appel- § ation ‘‘Victorian’’, there is f one particular type which f was widely built R United ? introduced at the Philadel- 8 phia Exposition of 1876— gf that great fair which marked g the first hundred years of R our ‘country’s 8 Oddly enough, it was called § ‘Queen Anne’’ for Eng- f land’s queen who reigned g from 1702 to 1714. Amal- ® gamated into it were many B elements of architectural styles from Elizabethan and gE Jacobean to Classical. This g style was all but rampant ® here in § states. It was American; it E was individualistic; and it ® could be afforded by those p of moderate means as well § as the wealthy. in the States. It was existence. the mid-atlantic The facade was usually f assymmetrical with peaks or g turrets or randomly placed ® dormers adding interest to 8 the roofline. Some homes were built of clapboard— R others of brick or masonry or a combination of all three. Many had sections which Ek were covered with ornamen- tal shingles. (The invention of the bandsaw made them easy and cheap to manu- facture, and they soon became a very popular item to be employed by the architect and builder.) One such ornamental shingle in frequent use was applied to resemble fish scales. An- other resembled feathers. There was frequent use of bay windows. One builder went so far as to recommend these areas as being an ideal place to which to ‘‘banish smelly smokers’’. Porches and balconies were also often found on Queen Anne Homes. Windows with a border of small panes and occasionally stained-glass windows or those with elaborate etchings were found. Some of the smaller details, such as finials to top off turrets or small decora- tive garlands, swags or urns, dentils or brackets, were elements which hark- ened back to the classical style. The end product came to be known as ‘‘Victorian gingerbread”’. Many of these homes became ‘‘white elephants” in the earlier years of this century until the escalating cost of home construction made these former ‘‘dregs on the market’’ ideal for large family dwellings or for conversion to apartments. ~ Queen Anne was an eclectic style which lends itself easily to all sorts of adaptive reuse. There are now a number of examples of Queen Anne architecture which have been reclaimed (i.e. aluminum siding re- moved and painted to accent their original attractive and decorative aspects). Few styles of architecture lend themselves better to in- dividual expression of the owner's tastes in color. A walk through town (just about any town in this area) can reveal a great many fine examples of Queen Anne architecture. To a number of us, it may be reminiscent of ““Grandma’s house’’—the typical structure of small- town America as seen on the picture postcard. (If you are fortunate enough to own a Queen Anne home and would like advice on any facet of rennovation or restoration of it, the Information Center of the Marietta Restoration Associates, located at 36 West Market Street in An example of Queen Anne architecture. April 30, 1980 Marietta, is open every 1:00 pm. This center is open Saturday from 11:00 am to to the public free of charge.) the Irs Black Magic Tren. (©1978 Trumph Motorcycles America, Ine Lancaster Triumph and Suzuki Motorcycle & Snowmobile Sales & Service 2981 Hempland Rd., US 30 W. & Centerville Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601 717/299-6561 GS-750ET
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