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This weekend we took a heritage walking tour in Carmel, CA. One of the houses was this, built by the eccentric author, collector of ship artifacts and character in general, Allen Knight.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Hey G;
I've never seen that place .Could it be he liked rocks and ships ? Those are two things usually kept apart , don't you think ?
Perhaps.
Trivia question: the single greatest loss of destroyers in one day by the US Navy?
Honda Point, CA
Aha Al !
You're on the Ball , You got it first ! T.B.
Right! The reason I brought that up- Farquhar DD 304 if that's in fact where that door came from; was a sister to the fourteen that were there on Sept. 8, 1923. And that's just down the coast.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Honda_Point_disaster
Yeah !
Come to think of it , it sure is .
Hey :
" G " do you have any more photos of that strange house ?
Sorry no photos inside allowed.
She had a plank floor and beamed ceiling with the knees from a shipwreck.
Looks like a very unique house, well worth the tour, for sure.
FYI in a similar vein :
In Encinitas CA , just up the coast, we have these two boat houses.
http://encinitashistoricalsociety.org/The_Boathouses.html
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
Nice! I always like to be near the sea.
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