The Highlands Historic Blog Begins

With the New Year approaching many changes are also coming for the Highlands Historic District. One of which is the new website. The goal is to have the website be a source to all those seeking information about the history of our homes and of the families who have cared for them over the years.

When we started rebuilding the website, we found that there were so many stories yet to be told from our district. That meant we had to stop and take a second look at our plans. The Highlands Historic District began with a mission to preserve not only the beauty of our homes but also to preserve the memory of the people who lived in the Highlands from the beginning to the present.

Now the plan is to make a website that is ever changing. This way we can always add a new story to our tale, and what better story to start with than who we are.

As a former student of History who grew up touring the Biltmore Estate with my family every weekend, my dream was to one day own a beautiful historic home. I married a wonderful man who had one fatal flaw, he wanted to live in a new construction home. I know crazy right. Don’t worry I showed him the error in his ways and now he is a little more history crazy about our beautiful neighborhood than I am.

My name is Jamie. My husband, Andy, and I live in the Charles Goldman House. I am a Jeweler and he works for GE Aviation as a computer guru, at least that is my very technical term for his career. We moved to Middletown after we looked at a home on The Alameda. The tree lined street stole our hearts and we never looked anywhere else.

Did you know “alameda” means “a public walkway or promenade shaded with trees”?

Since moving into 301 The Alameda life has been full of fun. We have had 5 bat encounters, we are on year 3 of our Brickler Haunted Mansion display, and we helped the HHD organize the 2017 Holiday Home Tour. There is so much history and so many stories we want to share with you and we hope you will have some to share with us.

So here is to the future and the stories to come in 2019. Make sure you follow us here and on our social media. Let us know what interests you and what you want to see and know more about.

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