I found a wonderful stash of pictures from rural North Carolina by Ms. Bayard Morgan Wootten. I will share some of the best ones with you soon!
The last set of pictures I looked at were old houses in Ansonville, a little place not too far from Charlotte. All of the homes are beautiful, with elaborate balconies, sweeping staircases, and hardwood floors. The pictures were labeled 1904 – 1950. Based on the exteriors, I’d guess they were taken in the 1930s, but it’s difficult to say for sure. In every case where an interior was photographed, the houses appear to be empty.
This picture gave me a start. Outwardly, it’s only a bright, empty room with tall ceilings, elaborate moulding, a fireplace, and what looks like a fresco painting. But there’s something frightening about it. I wouldn’t stay there overnight for love nor money.
Bayard Morgan Wootten Photographic Collection. UNC at Chapel Hill Library.
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The architrave around the large portrait of the woman are unique and illusionary.
Architrave falls into the category of ‘mouldings’ — decorative sections or strips that are used to conceal the junctions between surfaces, such as walls and ceilings or floors, in a more visually pleasing way.
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Do you get a creepy feeling looking at the picture? The room has many beautiful aspects but it seems to me to have bad energy
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I forgot to mention the beauty of the medallion/rosette on the ceiling. “Reading the room,” the home was built by or for someone of means. I appreciate your feeling about the room, but for me the two large windows allowing sunlight to enter remind me of my childhood home built in the late 1800s. Even the fireplace echoes a sense of Déjà vu for me.
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I appreciate the happier take!
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I can feel whatever it is, the strange energy there. I wouldn’t be comfortable there
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Feels like something is watching you, doesn’t it?
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