Ernie Sandeen Taught Me There Was No Such Thing as a "Farm House"

One possible 365 daily project would demonstrate Dr. Sandeen's point. I may do that.

Ernest R. Sandeen (1931-1982) was my academic advisor at Macalester College. His main area of study was American Fundamentalism, where he's still recognized as an important scholar, but he was also interested in American architectural history. Ernie attributed his architectural interests to growing up in Oak Park, though his enthusiasms in the field extended far beyond Frank Lloyd Wright.

Ernie's Architectural History class changed the way I look a buildings, but less than his Puritanism freshman seminar changed the way I read history. This man had a major impact on my life.

And he died way too young, a few days before I graduated.

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Sandeen's point about "farm houses" was that farmers, like everyone else, mostly build houses in whatever architectural style is currently popular. This is obviously true. It's disguised by the fact that most large farm houses in the Midwest date from the late 1800s, and that the houses likely to survive for decades are the most expensive and substantial structures.

This is a differently-processed version of the day's 366 Snaps photo. The other's a pure Ilford look; this one's got the contrast pushed to near the limits.

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I've shown you this structure before, in an earlier 366 Snaps outtake. That photo's discussion applies as well to my July 21 photo excursion.

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This photograph is an outtake--actually, an alternatively-processed "print"--from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 24
Title of "roll:" Around Home, Around Mulliken [more like "Charlotte Highway"]
Other photos taken on 7/21/2012: none.