4/15/2007 5:14 PMDiana wrote:
Are you about to undertake a renovation project and aren't quite sure how to do it? Here's the place to get answers to your questions from other renovators -- owners of old houses and probably members of rips as well. Reply to this
9/11/2007 6:57 PM
Diane wrote:
I am trying to learn the age of my in-laws home located at #8 Hawthorne Road in Watch Hill, RI. We have been unable to locate it via courthouse records. Reply to this
9/13/2007 9:47 AM
Diane (also!) wrote:
One of the best ways for you to find out about your house is to go to the South Rock Island Township Assessor's office. Ask to see the original "card" (not a printout sheet of paper). it should have a notation as to when the house was built as well as the cost (this would reflect what was on the building permit). Old city building permits were destroyed in the early 1960s, so there's no record in City Hall.
Once you get the year, you can go to city directories in the public library (microfilm) or in the Rock Island County Historical Society (library open Wed - Sat) and see who the first occupant was. Then you can get more info about them.
Are you about to undertake a renovation project and aren't quite sure how to do it? Here's the place to get answers to your questions from other renovators -- owners of old houses and probably members of rips as well.
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I am trying to learn the age of my in-laws home located at #8 Hawthorne Road in Watch Hill, RI. We have been unable to locate it via courthouse records.
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One of the best ways for you to find out about your house is to go to the South Rock Island Township Assessor's office. Ask to see the original "card" (not a printout sheet of paper). it should have a notation as to when the house was built as well as the cost (this would reflect what was on the building permit). Old city building permits were destroyed in the early 1960s, so there's no record in City Hall.
Once you get the year, you can go to city directories in the public library (microfilm) or in the Rock Island County Historical Society (library open Wed - Sat) and see who the first occupant was. Then you can get more info about them.
Let me know what you find!
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