The old house on North Street

That is what I always heard of it when I was younger when I met Tim. Tim always bragged his grandmother owned a house in Healdsburg but upon visiting it the first time with my parents we were all pretty shocked at the condemned state it was in! Myrthena Grace (Freshour) Perry and Charlie Perry were tim's g.grandparents and we have been restoring the house for years along with the family doing the "infrastructure" ie. basic services of plumbing, etc. prior to us purchasing it. Grace was known as the "cat" lady raising siamese cats, driving her Willy's around town which our friend Ken Scharer (when he was a teen working at the gas station) remembers putting new tires on frequently as she would bald the tires driving down our narrow driveway! Her husband (number 4 I think) was Charlie Perry and had the insurance business in town. Many folks remember him with his top hat and dressing up during patriotic holidays. Our "old lady" house has great energy in it which many folks comment upon entering it and feels like Grace has blessed our presence. We love our neighborhood and since I married into the family when we moved in in 1988 I was Grace Perry's g.grandson's wife. A few of the neighbors have moved... some have returned moving into their parents houses which is great fun and welcoming new neighbors who are passionate at restoring the other "old ladies" in our block. more stories later...my mother in law and her cousin could blog for days on the Freshours, Fitch and Carrillo families