Yesterday was once again D-Day. Unlike most days where we drive around Western Alabama, we spent our day in Greensboro, Alabama ten minutes away from our residence in Newbern. There in Greensboro we traveled to three antebellum houses that were all built in the early 1800’s. The first house we went to was the Noel-Ramsey house located behind the Greensboro courthouse. Our tour guide was a solider from World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War named Colonel Charles E. Ramsey who actually lived in the house until a few years ago. This small two-story house was built in a French style and now has a side addition to match the original house. Almost all of the furniture in the house was donated. The house was also decorated with paintings, a showcase of dresses located upstairs from the 1800’s, and family artifacts. At the house we drew our first floor plan for Dick (which none of us were prepared to draw). The next house we toured was less then a block down the street from the Ramsey House called the Johnston-Torbert House. There we met the owners of the house who actually reside there and learned a little bit about their family. This house was a two-story Federal style house. Inside were beautiful crown moldings, five mantels that were all different from each other, and a chair molding that also serves as the base for the window. While there we had a first for D-Day. They served us food and drinks that nourished our bodies so we could continue drawing. For the Johnston-Torbert house we drew a mantle, which was also another first. After completing our drawing we walked down to Camellia Court. Camellia Court was the first uncompleted house we have toured as well as the first renovated house we have seen. The owner, Pam, is a very enthusiastic woman who works at Hero, which is a program similar to Habit for Humanity (The Hero building was a rural studio project a few years back). Pam started renovated this house in June and is still currently working on it in her spare time with Johnny. Johnny is our go-to guy who can pretty much do anything. With his help they have completed the entire inside of her antebellum house, which now has a modern flare to it. Inside the orginal hardwood floor is glazed and the walls have been dry-walled and painted with carefully placed lighting that shines towards the ceiling. Unlike most antebellum houses, the inside floor plan has been renovated to be open and does not clearly state uses for the spaces within the house. The outside of the house is still in the process of being completed and will be added to the beauty of the building that already has charm. For our drawing of this house we completed another floor plan and drew the front elevation of the house. Once we completed our drawings we drove back home to ponder over the next D-Day.