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I have mentioned before that I am blessed to live in the house my grandparents designed and built. Last week, the Robin Hill Manor was inducted into the Medina Sandstone Hall of Fame. That's us, right center.
Medina Sandstone is a remarkable building material with some excellent qualities. It has been used all over the world. Needless to say, I'm very pleased to see my folks' work get into the historical record. In the late 1940s, they cleaned up four or five closed quarries to get the stone to build the house, and my uncle George did all the stonework. It took them quite a while to build the house; it was finished the year I was born, 1952. I still can't believe that I am living here. Better yet, my daughter Valerie and her husband Keenan live here too, so it will carry on for another generation.
It's quite a kick to have our house listed among all the cathedrals and big buildings.
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Building rock is fascinating. Around here it’s mostly different varieties of limestone. I was talking to a guy from the local rock yard and he could tell me (from looking) where the rock on our 1950’s home came from - to the detail of the ranch from which it was quarried.
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That is so cool! And what a beautiful building! Congratulations.
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Hang on a sec. I need to grab my jaw off the floor over there and use it to scoop my brains back into my skull.
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I recommend making this NOT PUBLIC.
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Okay. I'll bite. Why? Because it will become a tourist attraction?
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