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vintage crimson adventures in restoring antebellum houses in tuscaloosa alabama vintage crimson april is the cruelest month photos april 1 15 2018 19 lease a detailed look march photos drish house before may 2014 finish line july photos first impressions february photos habs drawings drish house james t murfee leader in a time of war june photos light at the end of the tunnel marmaduke williams builder may photos progress at last the foster murfee caples house things can always get worse april 15 30 photos traditions of the capstone adventures in restoring antebellum houses in tuscaloosa alabama january 27 2016 let there be light img_0082 jpeg new chandeliers have been ordered for the drish house as work begins on the interior renovation share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment march 28 2015 looks like we made it the culmination of many months of hard work came yesterday when i was notified that the drish house has been added to the national historic register thank you gene ford ian crawford john mccool and everyone who worked so hard on this effort as a civilized people we must work together to preserve our past and give our old buildings new life i look forward to adapting the dridh house so that it can be an active part of life in tuscaloosa once again lots of hard work still lies ahead but today i just want to celebrate a milestone reached prayer and hard work have prevailed share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 2 comments march 17 2015 drish house in the news thanks to the tuscaloosa news for this wonderful article about my work on the drish house http www tuscaloosanews com article 20150314 news 150319694 share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment january 20 2015 ghost stories do you believe in ghosts i have not felt any presence in the drish house but many people have i can say that there is no basement no record of slave burnings and that katherine drish lived with one of her sons after the civil war what do you think of these stories http americanghoststories com southern ghost stories the drish house tuscaloosa alabama share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 7 comments december 10 2014 storytelling a southern voice alabama is a haunted land it is a land of ghosts perhaps it was the defeat in war and passing of the antebellum south that left us with these restless spirits inhabiting the grand structures left abandoned many of us here in alabama treasure the memory of thomasville born kathryn tucker windham the storyteller who was the voice of our collective past her classic book thirteen alabama ghosts and jeffrey is on most of our bookshelves and her stories are part of our childhoods they has delighted and terrified readers since 1969 embedded in these stories is a wealth of history and folklore even though they are works of fiction there are many kernels if truth death lights in the tower is windham s story detailing the ghosts of the drish house i hope you enjoy it share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment december 4 2014 tuscaloosa news if any of you are wondering why i would invest my time and money to save crumbling antebellum mansions this article in the current issue of tuscaloosa magazine has my answer share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 2 comments november 4 2014 homework remembering this short film was made by some students at the university of alabama as a homework project they are not film majors so the audio quality is lacking but i thought they did a wonderful job of capturing my motivation for rescuing old houses and what the drish house means to the city of tuscaloosa i think they deserve an a let me know what you think https drive google com file d 0bx1bcfqd uorwutus1lobxzdtnc view usp sharing share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment october 15 2014 very fashionable the drish house has hosted many elegant parties in its long history ladies in fashionable attire are nothing new in this tradition i would like to share a beautiful fashion shoot featuring lovely models in the drish house thank you to robert sutton and my friends at tuscaloosa magazine http issuu com tuscaloosanews docs tuscmag_fall2014_cropped 81 e 13664462 share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment september 18 2014 an energetic ambitious woman with ordinary opportunities another famed american photographer who visited the drish house was frances benjamin johnson 1864 1952 frances or fannie was a one of the earliest american female photographers and photojournalists she was also something of a character fannie johnson was the only surviving child of wealthy and well connected parents and an independent strong willed woman she studied art at the academie julian in paris and was given her first camera by george eastman the inventor of eastman kodak cameras she received early training in photography and dark room techniques from thomas smillie director of photography at the smithsonian institution still in her twenties fannie opened a studio in washington dc and made many famous portraits including those of alice roosevelt susan b anthony mark twain and booker t washington the self portraits above and below show that she was also not afraid to turn the camera lens on herself as her fame and reputation grew she received more and more important commissions eventually becoming the official white house photographer for the harrison cleveland mckinley t r roosevelt and taft administrations in 1897 fannie published a article in ladies home journal entitled what a woman can do with a camera apparently this woman could do quite a lot she urged women to consider careers in photography to an energetic ambitious woman with even ordinary opportunities success is always possible she wrote adding that hard intelligent and conscientious work seldom fails to develop small beginnings into large results now there is a advice we all need to take in the 1920s fannie became increasingly interested in photographing architecture motivated by a desire to document buildings or gardens which were falling into disrepair or threatened by development in 1933 she was given a grant by the carnegie corporation to document the early architecture of virginia and she was to receive five more carnegie grants to document the architecture of the american south collectively these photographs more than 7 100 images are referred to as the carnegie survey of the architecture of the south they are housed at the library of congress as part of the carnegie survey fannie visited tuscaloosa alabama in 1939 to photograph the drish house her images are stark and majestic fannie johnson was named an honorary member of the american institute of architects for her work to photographing historic buildings she moved to new orleans in 1945 having acquired a love for the south and she continued working there until her death in 1952 share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 2 comments september 5 2014 demolition day southside baptist church i thought this video was amazing you can see the demolition of the southside baptist church addition to the drish house the addition is the three story red brick structure at the left in the photograph below it served as the sanctuary for southside baptist after their congregation outgrew the original sanctuary on the first floor of the drish house here is the video the narrator is my sweet friend katherine richter executive director of the tuscaloosa county preservation society and here is a photograph showing the side of the drish house after demolition is complete demolishing the addition was a painful and painstaking first step 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