When The Mister and I travel to southern Indiana, we always seem to go through Spencer. I’ve been through there many, many times. Like a child I always say the same thing, “This is familiar. Is there a McDonald’s at the end of this street?” Y’all know I like my fountain Cokes.
I could probably make it to Spencer on my own, but after that McDonald’s, I wouldn’t know where to go. I don’t care how many times I’ve been down there in the last 30 years, I still do not know the way to The Mister’s grandmother’s house, let alone the more obscure places.
I more often drive home, because while there are no signs that read “Grandma’s House” with arrows and mileage on the way down, on the way up there are plenty with “Indianapolis” to help a city girl get home.
Besides, then I can stop at that McDonald’s, “Two swate tays and two Cokes, please.” Everyone likes a cold drink on a lil doorscursion detour.
Church doors
Other church doors
Library Doors
Historical Allison-Robinson House with interesting guard dog
Rarely seen door of recent yore
Beautifully restored town hall and firehouse
Owen County Courthouse
All that may have been too pretty, too quaint and lovely for you. Lemme mix it up, Spencer-style.
Mexican restaurant doors
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joeyfullystated 
That is a sneaky guard dog. The door with the louvered glass is a classic.
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He is!
I usta see so many more of those doors. 🙂
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When I was a kid I use to see a few of these doors and for some reason I always thought rich folks lived there.
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Interesting. Were they the sorta new thing then? Was it home improvement into modern times?
When I was a kid, I thought split-levels were fancy 🙂 SO many of them had porch rails inside and I just thought those were nifty!
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Yeah I guess they were “modern living” at the time. Every house had a porch, very few were screened in so an enclosed porch with a bunch of windows was fancy. When my folks moved to the Southside they bought a house that had a white iron railing separating the front hall from the living room. I thought that was odd, but it was like houses on TV so I thought it was fancy too.
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ha! I love the dog hiding in the shrubbery 😀
It always makes me happy when communities restore their heritage buildings rather than let them deteriorate to the point where they must be torn down and replaced. Bravo Spencer!
I had to smile at the Library though. I find it interesting that there was a tendency in architectural design in our countries’ early days to incorporate the name /purpose of the building into the structure. I see it with some frequency and I find it amusing – especially when the building is no longer used for that purpose 🙂
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I loved the dog, too 🙂 I thought he was worth a snap!
I think the restoration is magnificent, so I Bravo Spencer with you! 😀
I know what you mean, but then, I kinda like it. So many buildings, you know it used to be something, at least when it says that on it, you know what that something was 🙂 Look at all the non-church churches I’ve posted this summer! Lots!
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haha! A former church doesn’t need any labeling. It screams former church 😉
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Yes, at least with churches you can tell 😛
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How come I never see a sign that says, “Fake Mexican Food?”
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Wonderful question.
My husband and I like to lol at Real Imitation Vanilla Extract. 😛
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Great collection of interesting doors! Guard dog was a bonus! 🙂 Gotta love those Mexican Restaurants with all the colorful decor!
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Thanks for the tour Joey. The Town Hall/Firehouse building is simply gorgeous – I’d say the restoration was a success 🙂
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I know I was impressed, thank you 🙂
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Looks like a pretty place. That library door is kind of an abomination. Something modern and cold shoved inside a classic looking building.
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There is SO much of that here. Beautiful stone buildings with gorgeous facing, and then? — standard glass. It makes me sad.
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Love the firehouse and its fab doors, Joey. I also love Mexican food and that’s why your last image is my favourite 🙂
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Very nice photos of your door selections! Maybe youcan convince The Mister to purchase a McDonald’s Golden Arches sign and install it on his grandma’s roof so you can hone in on that gps site when you’re in town. ;-D
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Haha! Oh that is one seriously funny image! 😀 Well done!
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Oh, yes to the jalousie door. We had one at my childhood home in NJ. Washing those window panes was a royal pain… Ha! Directions…yeah, I have graduated (but only a little bit) from ‘right’ and ‘left’ to ‘east’ and ‘west.’ Whoa! Yes. Major.
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I’m not directionally challenged, but out there….uh…it’s like … all the same-ish?
Jalousie, hm? Thanks for the name! I used to see them much more often when I was a kid, hardly ever see them anymore!
I had French doors with panes for seven years. When we moved in, I thought they were so pretty. After seven years of cleaning them, I hated them. I’ll never have them again! I can only imagine how much time and vinegar you’d need to clean an entire porch made up in those jalousie things.
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Exactly! And mom wanted clean window panes, so……
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Of course!
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Wow, that was a veritable door feast! I love the churches, and the courthouse, and that one with the guard dog, oh and the Mexican restaurant ones too! it is good to have a mix of the traditional and the contemporary, Thanks for these Joey, I enjoyed them 🙂
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Thanks, Judy 🙂
I can feel your enthusiasm!
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Yes the Mexican restaurant seems a little out of place but think margaritas!
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Right? My own fave Mexican place is firetruck red with a mural on it. I’m sure the colors denote how good the food is 🙂
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I love the door with all the windows you crank open. (I can’t remember what they’re called. You rarely see them anymore. Just a blast from the past.
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Aren’t they though? I feel the same way!
Lois called them jalousie. Does that sound right to you?
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It doesn’t sound familiar, but I don’t recall ever giving them a special name so she’s probably right.
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I was all set to start saying how much I like the interesting mix of panels in that first door. Set into a stone building, I didn’t see how it could get any better. Then – I – saw – the – firehouse! Oh my, those are some fabulous doors. I love the pattern and the color. I think I like Spencer 🙂
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Spencer is a pretty town and the people are friendly and kind, I’ve noticed. I’m so glad you liked them. I loved that firehouse as soon as I saw it. It was a Wow 😀
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Olé! I love the stone churches and their doors. But then I’m partial to stone structures. 🙂
janet
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I love me some tall narrow wooden doors, and the arches are a plus! Thanks, Janet 🙂
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That guard dog would give me a heart attack every time I saw it! I would think it was the Egyptian god Anubis, coming for my SOUUUUUUL! Great bunch of doors and buildings!
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LOL Imagine Anubis, right there in Spencer, Marian!
HAHAHAHA!
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You sure have a knack for finding doors to take photos of. How do you never run out of doors??
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There are more than a million homes in my city alone, so … and then when we travel…
But most of them are boring doors, I do have to hunt!
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I travel 2-3 times a year. I’m thinking about a B&W shoot of old houses.
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Sounds fantastic!
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Some of the older homes in Florida still have jalousie windows. I know they used them to allow the breeze to enter the home and still be able to keep the rain out. I think a/c led to their demise since they don’t seal tightly.
Great doors this week! 🙂
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Good call on why they went away. That does make sense. Thanks 🙂
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