Thursday, September 1, 2011

Those Places Thursday - The Little Red House


Beulah Belle (Yawman) Spurlock and
Jennifer Jeannine Spurlock, October 1958.
Digital image. Original in possession of Denise Spurlock,
[ADDRESS WITHHELD FOR PRIVACY], 2011.
Affectionately known as the "little red house," this is one of the houses in which we lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. The street address was 424 First Street. I have a few pictures of the interior of the house. It was only one bedroom, and the family story is that Jennifer slept in a drawer at the foot of my bed when she was a baby.

I tried to find the house using Google Earth, but was unsuccessful. The image that comes up is a multi-story building which appears to be in the downtown area, so I suspect the street name has been changed or the "little red house" no longer exists.



© 2011 Denise Spurlock
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4 comments:

  1. TacoSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    It's a shame you can't find the place anymore. I've briefly searched for old Fairbanks street maps online, but couldn't find any.
    Btw, I love the name Beulah. I had never heard it before, until I started researching my wife's ancestry.

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  2. WendySeptember 1, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    What a great picture and memory.

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  3. WendySeptember 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    What a great picture and memory about sleeping in a drawer.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    @Taco: I haven't been able to find any maps either. I'm not sure how my mom felt about her given name; she always went by her nickname "Bea."

    @Wendy: At four years old, I'm pretty sure I did not appreciate having to share my bed with my sister. I had been an "only" until she came along!

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