Saturday, December 20, 2008

Reed Homestead 3D Rebuild

Since the James Harrison Reed homestead, where Ida L. Reed resided, in the Arden area of Barbour County was burnt down, I decided to use Google's Sketchup program and Google Earth to make a 3D replica of the home, based on the few photographs that I have (which have been posted to this blog). For those of you who use Google Earth and would like a copy of the .kmz file with the 3D rebuild of the Reed homestead, please let me know.

I was just guessing on the paint colors, since I probably only saw the house once, if at all, before it was burnt down, and I would have just been a small boy at that. So if anyone who saw the home and remembers paint details and any other things I may have missed, please let me know.

From my model, I am guessing that the cleared land across the road from the house, was the land cleared and owned by James Harrison Reed. It would be nice to have some land records that detail the extent of their holdings.