Architecture
- About the Architects
- Related or Similar Homes in Amherst & Western MA
- Midcentury Modern / Organic Modern
- Original Specifications
- Construction & Renovation History
- Journal – Renovations
Home
- Systems – Electrical, Security, Plumbing, HVAC, Insulation, etc.
- Roof, Foundation, Walls
- Original first floor:
- Kitchen and Dining Area
- Living Room
- Front Bedroom and Office
- Back Bedroom (original to the house)
- Pink Bathroom (original to the house)
- Back Bathroom (added in 1968)
- Laundry Room (added 1968)
- 1968 bedrooms & “study hall”
- Sunroom (added in 1980s)
- Entryway & Basement Stairs
- Basement Media & Ping-Pong Rooms (finished 2021)
- Basement Dark Side & Bomb Shelter
- Carport & Mudroom (added 1968)
History
- History of the Land
- Harold & Ruth Rauch
- Neighborhood History
- Historical documentation
- Construction & Renovation History
Land
- History of the Land
- Ecoregion & Soils
- Gardens & Plants
- Rauch Gardens – The master gardeners who lived here from 1950s – early 2000s developed a number of beautiful garden beds and plantings, often with exotic and non-native plants.
- Journal – Gardening
- Native Planting Project (journal)
- Native Plant Finders
Living at 101
- Neighborhood – Little Free Libraries, Shortcuts, Neighborhood Strolls
- RedGateNeighborhood mailing list
- Town of Amherst: property card – water / sewage
- Contractors & Services
- Journal – Renovations
- Annual maintenance schedule
- dredging leaf debris out of rain gardens — periodically!
- changing filter in furnace — depends on filter, but every 2 months
- radon system — visual inspection, periodically
- roof clean off — spring, and a couple of times in the fall before snow
- pests — mice, termites, & carpenter bees in the house; every 6 months
- roof inspection — annually before winter!
- furnace inspection & cleaning — annually
- turn off the outside water spigots — annually fall before freezing
- sump pump system — annually