Chad Froomkin – Group 7

January 10, 2000

ANTH 101

A Few Twists and Turns Away From Campus

The street I viewed is a little bend called Bolleanna Place. It is a circular street that is connected with Grant Avenue at the south end and Morris Avenue at the west end. Hughes Funeral Home and the Red Cross are visible if you are looking out onto Morris Avenue. Bolleanna Place is only a few twists and turns away from the Ohio University campus.

Day: Friday January 7, 7:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

171 - The Seventh Day Adventist Church looked very well kept and had beautiful stained glass windows all around the building. It was obvious that it is also used as a residence, because a satellite dish is located on top of the roof. There was a sign in the front that says its services are held from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays, and that is probably why I witnessed no activity at all.

3 ½ - The next house was a very small and very plain all brick house. There were no cars in the driveway. Next to the driveway stood one tree that looked as if it was dying. One light was on it the house, but there was no sign that anyone was home.

5 - This is another small brick house similar to 3 ½. No one seemed to be home, because it was very dark and no lights were on inside or outside the house. There was a Santa Claus decoration on the front door, even though Christmas was over two weeks ago.

7 - This house looked like it had been re-done, because of new white siding on the house. There was a white convertible in the driveway that had New York license plates. This could belong to a student or maybe someone visiting for the weekend. There was little if any activity going on inside the house.

9 – The owners of this house seemed to take good care of it. Porcelain figurines, an electric candle, and two red wooden cardinals were visible in the windows. I came to the conclusion that the owners are older, because they have artificial turf on their steps to the front door. I relate this because my Grandparents and older relatives all had artificial turf leading to their front doors. They also have a lamppost that has a sign that says “The Hawke’s.”

11 – In front of the last house was an Acura Integra parked on the street. The car was from Licking County, which lead me to believe that a student either owns or rents this house. The curtains were drawn behind a big picture window, so you couldn’t see inside. There is also no activity going on here either.

Day: Sunday January 9, 1:45 – 2:00 p.m.

There was again no sign of anyone outside or inside the homes, so I concluded that the residents of Bolleanna Place are very private. I did see two differences, though. The first was that in place of the Acura Integra parked outside of 11 was a green, ninety-seven Chevy Blazer, with Alabama plates. The second was the convertible that was in front of seven was now in the street and there was a beat-up Honda Civic, with Athens County plates in the driveway. From this I guessed that either some out of state students are residents of these homes or they just visited for the weekend.

Conclusion – Bolleanna Place was a small and quiet little street. Its homes were perfect for either students that live off campus or old, retired people. The Church gave it a cozy and respectful feeling. With some of the houses looking like they have been re-done in recent years, it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the other houses followed the same pattern and were re-done themselves in the next couple of years.