How old are these windows?

[Chris142]

In another thread I brought up that I'm trying to find out how old my moms house is. I have hit a wall in 1958.

The county did not start keeping records before 58 according to the people at the county office.

My dad bought the place in 1975. The previus owners told us that the house was originally a homestead cabin.

I can see a 1965 date on the patio and we have records of the well being drilled in 65 also.


The county shows it being a house and not a cabin in 58.The Propane tank was made in 46 but IMO it could have been used when brought here or sat in a shed many years so I'm pretty much ignoring its date at this time.

Anyway the front part of the house that was the cabin we think has this style of windows. You open a latch then turn the crank to open the windows.

Any guesses to when these were popular?

 

[tom slick]

The latch style may give you a clue but "casement" windows are still popular.

 

[Doog]

Look in the 1940 and previous years census records for the address.

 

[JTK]

Are they all wood frames and single pane glass?

Cranks, latches and hardware could have been changed over the years.

Gotta be a good 50yrs old if not older.

 

[eljefino]

Those are real mid 60's styled to me.

You've got to remember the Postwar boom and suburban sprawl and 2nd homes all exploded in the 60s. So your house and a whole bunch others happened.

Then they were nostalgic for the 60s since then and have kept making those windows.

IDK aluminum but it could have still been a novelty item in WWII and the mass production of it in house stuff took off around the 60s as well.

 

[hemitom]

building i worked in had the same windows, the latchs and cranks were brass though. That building was built in 1955.

 

[Chris142]

I do have records from 58 and newer.but it was a house in 58 and not the cabin according to the records. A neighbors house dates from the 20's!

I'm guessing mine was a cabin in the 30's or 40's and became a house in the 50's

 

[eljefino]

Do you get cold nights? The 60s had an optimism that heat and electricity were "too cheap to meter" so they went with huge poorly insulated glass.

 

[Chris142]

Oh it or the road does not show up on the topo maps until 1975. so those are wrong

 

[Chris142]

Above the popcorn ceiling is the original stained oak roof. The previous owners install the popcorn ceiling and insulation because they said it was too cold.

 

[JTK]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Do you get cold nights? The 60s had an optimism that heat and electricity were "too cheap to meter" so they went with huge poorly insulated glass.


Those were the days! Gasoline so cheap you could bathe in it. Cigarettes so cheap, you couldn't afford not to smoke. Just not at the same time as the above..

Pollution? Garbage? Someone else can worry about that!

 

[Pablo]

Win 2.0

 

[GreeCguy]

Those look like the classic windows that are abundant around here in homes built in mid 50's to mid 60's.

On the "cabin" note, is it possible there was a cabin years ago that was torn down and replaced? My parents neighbors have a McMansion on their property and I was telling the owner last week that when I was a child, there was an old "cracker shack" built on that same property. Somewhere along the line of several owners, the shack got torn down, the property was vacant for several years and then he finally bought the property and built his house. Could it be the same happened in your area? Regarding this "cracker shack," there are no records of it at all.

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted By: GreeCguy
Those look like the classic windows that are abundant around here in homes built in mid 50's to mid 60's.

On the "cabin" note, is it possible there was a cabin years ago that was torn down and replaced? My parents neighbors have a McMansion on their property and I was telling the owner last week that when I was a child, there was an old "cracker shack" built on that same property. Somewhere along the line of several owners, the shack got torn down, the property was vacant for several years and then he finally bought the property and built his house. Could it be the same happened in your area? Regarding this "cracker shack," there are no records of it at all.


Sometimes the existence of a "cracker shack" is all you need to build that mcmansion, if there's a ban on building on that lot size or whatever. Just say it's a remodel, expansion, etc. Sometimes you already have a certificate of occupancy too.

I know someone who reused their front door, six boards-- the rest was new.

 

[danster]

I have found that public / county records aren't too accurate but utility company records are. You might contact your electric utility to find when service was installed. My gas company sho

 

[danster]

I have found that public / county records aren't too accurate but utility company records are. You might contact your electric utility to find when service was installed. My gas company showed me a sketch of my lot with an indication of where the service was to enter the basement. Yep, it had a date on it.

 

[Chris142]

I know that there was No power in this area till 55. There is a date nail on a pole outside with a 58 on it. But often a cabin had no power.

 

[RTexasF]

My parents house had those windows and it was built in 1948.

 

[Pablo]

The house I grew up in Fullerton had those windows, built in ca 1958.

 

[TooManyWheels]

The house I grew up in had a less modern looking version of those windows and my research on them showed they were discontinued in the very early '50's. Assuming your windows are a successor (not necessarily a very good guess), I would guess your windows as mid to late fifties, or early sixties at latest. To my eye, their style is consistent with that period.