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A new version of an old shot bell ropes after a trip to Photoshop land.
Severely brightened, reduced contrast, raised blue and red values and plastic wrapped!
From my Dad's backyard I saw some people doing a training exercise at a nearby airport. My Dad said he was told the people rappelling down the cable to the ground were affectionately referred to as "Dopes on Ropes" hence the title.
The Ropes Mansion (late 1720s), also called Ropes Memorial, is a Georgian Colonial mansion located at 318 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Peabody Essex Museum and open to the public.
The house was built for Samuel Barnard, a merchant. In 1768, Judge Nathaniel Ropes, Jr., purchased the house from Barnard's nephew. The Ropes family then inhabited the house until 1907, when the house was given to the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial for public benefit.
Although altered through the years and then restored, the house looks much like its original form, with a symmetrical facade of two stories, three small pedimented gables through the roof, roof balustrade, and modillioned cornice. In 1807, however, its interior was extensively renovated. In the mid 1830s five rooms and the central hall were remodelled, and today's doorway installed with details inspired by Asher Benjamin's pattern book.
In 1894 the house was moved away from the street and further modified internally.
The large, fine garden was added behind the house in 1912.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ropes_Mansion]
The Nathaniel Ropes Mansion, located at 318 Essex Street, is a Georgian Colonial home built in the late 1720's, and expanded in 1894. The mansion gets its name from the Ropes family, who were the property's residents for over a century, starting in 1768, but is known to fans of the 1993 film Hocus Pocus as Allison's home. The mansion became a museum in 1912 and is operated by the Peabody Essex Museum, with a Colonial Revival style garden.
The Chestnut Street District, roughly by bound Bridge, Lynn, Beckford, and River Streets, features a collection of well-preserved Federal-style homes, built primarily between 1796 and 1850 during Salem’s maritime golden age. The district reflects the wealth generated by the city’s thriving international trade where wealthy merchants, shipowners and sea captains commissioned grand homes along the wide, tree-lined street.
Chestnut Street District National Register #73000312 (original) / #78000468 (increase)