A Mini-Photo Tour

I’ve been thinking for awhile that I would walk around downtown and take pictures of my favorite houses. So, while I was running around yesterday taking pictures of the protest, I paused a few times to take some photos of some of the houses I like best. These are not my #1 favorites, but just a few I passed on my walk that I thought were nice.

Many of you make recognize this house. It was Colonel Baker’s daughter’s house. Her name was Nell and she is also known as the first artist in Bakersfield. Her work can be viewed at the Kern County Museum.



This house is near the Baker house and until a few years ago I liked it because it looked like a scary old hunted house. It was grey and dilapidated and the yard was all overgrown, and I liked cuz it was kinda spooky. Then somebody bought it and fixed it all up and now it just looks cute.




These are a couple of houses on 18th Street were I like the architecture. I don’t know, they’re just sort of different and quaint.






And finally, this is the one and only Brownstone apartment building in Bakersfield and, as far as Bakersfield goes, the people who live here pay an exorbitant amount in rent. The apartments are beautiful, but there’s no way in hell I’d pay that much to rent a place.




So, that’s it for now of my photo tour. Like I said yesterday, I took some time off from work, and I ain’t gonna waste a minute more of it cooped up in my office blogging.

What are your favorite houses in town? If you let me know, I'll take a picture and post it for you.