At what point does a house become a home? Is it simply when we
familiarize ourselves with it? Perhaps it's more profound than that.
In
truth, a house becomes a home when we entrust it with enough memories
that it knows us as well as we know it. However, this begs another
question: After everyone leaves, and a house no longer has someone to
watch over it, does it cease being a home? This question is not so
easily answered. Unless, of course, you've personally spent time in an
old house, especially one that knew generations of families. If you
have, then you know the answer: Once a house becomes a home, it never
forgets.
This book exists to serve as a celebration and memorial
to beautiful, abandoned homes from the Northeastern United States. Some
are grand in scope and scale, others intimate and personal, but all are
reflections of the families which they once held dear.
