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That could be fixed up for around $100,000 and sold for $350,000 in my town, if you could hire the contractors.
 
My parents and us kids lived in house similar except had 2 front doors in late 60s early 70s. Hadnt been painted in years, its long gone now.
 
Just look at those lightning rods !!! At one time everyone had those , some on building far lower than what we build now ..
Were lightning rods a scam ???
 
Nice,sort of like my Grandparents home that is being restored at a new location by our youngest son.
Richard in NW SC
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(quoted from post at 06:16:30 05/18/22) Just look at those lightning rods !!! At one time everyone had those , some on building far lower than what we build now ..
Were lightning rods a scam ???


My house has apparently done very well for over 100 years with only six lightning rods. There is one for each gable end including three dormers and the front stoop, which I think is low enough that it doesn't really need one. The attached barn, which is higher, has three. They are very fancy including purple glass globes. They must have cost a lot when installed. Our insurance company seems to be neutral on the effectiveness.
 
Seems like the lightning rods were rendered redundant after that 60? foot windmill was put up! Now to keep chimney fires from setting that old dry shingle roof afire. Love that picture and wished I could have met the family within. Leo
 
I read about this about 3 years ago on the news.

The lightning rod constructed on the dome of the State House in Maryland was the largest Franklin lightning rod ever attached to a public or private building in Bens lifetime.

It was built in accord with Bens recommendations, and in the more than two hundred plus years ever since, has had only one recorded instance of a lightning strike:
Three years ago today, July 1st, 2016: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said the Maryland State House in Annapolis was saved from a lightning strike by a 208-year-old original Ben Franklin lightning rod.

Ben Franklins original design for structural lightning protection.
Courtesy The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.

The nations oldest State House was hit by lightning Friday evening [July 1st], triggering a sprinkler system in its historic dome. Fire officials said there was no smoke or fire in the building, no damages, and no one was injured.

The governor said that the lightning rod on the dome was constructed and grounded to Franklins exact specifications. He said at the time it was added to the building, it served as a powerful symbol of the independence and ingenuity of our young nation.

The pointed lightning rod placed on the Maryland State House and other buildings also is a symbol of the intellect and the inventiveness of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of our country, and the inventor of the miraculous lightning rod.
 

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