Seeded Earth Studio » Cornish settlers http://seededearth.com photography and musings from a Midwesterner Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Polperro House http://seededearth.com/architecture/polperro-house http://seededearth.com/architecture/polperro-house#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:24:55 +0000 Bo Mackison http://www.seededearth.com/blog/?p=4890

at Pendarvis Historical Site

at Pendarvis Historical Site

Polperro House is one of six house that are on the interpretative tour at Pendarvis Historical Site in Mineral Point Wisconsin. I love the exterior architectural details on this 150 year old house. Quarried limestone blocks on the first floor, chinked wood on the second and third floors, and quite intricate doors and windows pieced in place.

]]> http://seededearth.com/architecture/polperro-house/feed 8 Pendarvis and Trelawny Houses http://seededearth.com/architecture/pendarvis-and-trelawny-houses http://seededearth.com/architecture/pendarvis-and-trelawny-houses#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:57:49 +0000 Bo Mackison http://www.seededearth.com/blog/?p=4882

Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Pendarvis and Trelawny Houses are two of the six featured buildings at the Pendarvis Historical Site in Mineral Point Wisconsin. These homes, originally built in the 1840s,  were restored in the 1940s and are furnished with period pieces. Interpreters offer insights as to how the Cornish miners and their families lived and worked when mining was king in this small south-central Wisconsin community. The historical site is open for interpretive tours and demonstrations May through October, but even when it is closed during the winter season, it’s still lovely to photograph when the snow plays contrast with the tan limestone and white trim on the buildings.

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