I included that bit down in the FAQ, but good thinking to move it up top.

That garden has always been an inspiration to me, it has a spirit that seems to capture the neighborhood’s essence: improvised and thriving.

What a shame it would be to loose that oasis. I’m going to stay tuned in and do what I can to help.

Thanks for pointing this out. I toggled some Obsidian Publish settings and scrolling has improved; still not perfect, page doesn't scroll if your pointer is in the the TOC column.

It's technically a butterfly roof.

When the building was built in early 1880s Harrison was a major railroad line. The front of the building, as far as I can tell from contemporaneous surveys, was occupied by a small grocery with a shopkeeper's apartment in the back.

One theory is that the butterfly was used to accomplish a false front (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_false_front_architectu...) that was common in the West for commercial buildings.

Another is that the roof was used to channel rainwater into a single downspout that could be easily captured.

Either way, it is unusual. Butterflies didn't really emerge in the US until the mid-century modern movement in Southern California and then they were mostly style.