2618 HILLSBOROUGH ROAD
2618 Hillsborough Road, 06.17.58
I'm not sure I've ever seen a house decapitated in quite the same way 2618 Hillsborough Road was. It's almost as if the crew responsible for the shrinking of the Old Cigarette Factory in 1948 was hungry for work. Building Shortening Services? The Home Halving Co.?
2618 Hillsborough Road, 06.07.09
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I bet the top of this house ended up on the Ross House mentioned last week. You remember - "The Platypus" AKA "The Liger" as it was named.
Oh my- how sad is that?
No way! I had no clue that was a two story before hand. Yikes!
I grew up in a neighborhood in which the second story of a two story house caught fire. The house was restructured into a one story house afterwards. Wonder if that is what happened to this house at some point?
As I can recall this house was converted from a residence to a daycare.I remember hearing that regulations at that time would not allow more than one floor for a daycare.
OMG, this was my nursery school in the '50s. I was wondering whatever happened to it. We were mostly in the basement. There was a playground outside, and you went upstairs with the maid if you were sick. Sometimes, we would walk over to Greystone for chocolate milk. I can't believe it's still there!
dang... I always wondered why the house seemed "so square," but I never would have guessed that it was halved like that!
Great post! Now... where's the other half? :)
My oldest son went to daycare there in late 60's early 70's . They removed 2nd story after he left .
My grandparents lived in that house and then converted it into a nursery school after they moved out. It was named, "Wallace's Day Care". I remember when they tore the top floor off, and it was due to regulations. I spent a many day running around that play ground and that latest picture just breaks my heart to know what it once was.....
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