Posted on 02/07/2006 9:41:45 AM PST by Abathar
NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Officials in the rustic southern Indiana tourist town of Nashville are ordering a store owner to repaint a bright blue window frame.
Nashville's nine-member Development Review Commission has told the owners of J Bob's that they have until Aug. 1 to repaint the window frame to a more appropriate color.
The owner's daughter said her 79-year-old father repainted the window before leaving for a winter vacation in Florida. She said her mother got a call complaining about the color and thought the whole thing was silly.
The president of the Development Review Commission said they are coming up with a palate of acceptable colors for the town.
J Bob's sells merchandise including hot sauce and troll dolls to tourists who arrive each fall to look at the changing leaves.
Not far away in Bloomington Indiana had it's last dirt floor beerjoints ~ both Pigalle, and the Stardust ~ right up to the 1980s!
Nashville is not supposed to look like a Bavarian mountain tourist town. It's supposed to look like the town outside that bahnhoff on the stop that doesn't lead you to a ski-lift.
Thank you for the information Joe. That is exactly what I would have said. I used to live there, and it's a beautiful Early American village that exists as a tourist attraction and a settlement for artists.
I must have missed the studios and galleries. I wouldn't mind seeing that.
Thomas Kincaid? I would run screaming from the room.
But the State Park in Brown County is just beautiful. One of my favorite parks.
http://www.ourbrowncounty.com/0500s1.htm
And right outside town, on the way to Story, IN you can find this gem.
Kind of reminds me of:
Don't know when it was designated anything but it has been a historical tourist trap for at least 40 years. Maybe longer, but I think I first went there 40 years ago.
Another tourist trap in Indiana is Shipshewana.
This is the tip of the iceburg, friend...
calcowgirl
"Development Review Commission"
Your friendly 'Neighborhood Nazis'
At one time nearby Williamsburg, Virginia required every building in the historic district be painted white. For some reason they thought a town founded by Cavaliers should look as plain as one founded by Puritans.
Then, under many layers of old paint they discovered the original color of the existing original buildings – reds, greens, brown – no white. Now the town is slowing becoming multi-hued.
Yes, Herr Commissar! Rigid adherence to the specified color palette is vital, and must be enforced with the full weight of law in an Art Colony. Otherwise it may interfere with the artistic creativity.
It's not unusual if there's a merchant's association or even a city government. I opened a store in a merchant's area of town and I had to have everything approved by the city and the Merchant's association..even the colors inside my store had to be approved..the sign...any lighting. etc.
We lived on Salt Creek Rd. for three years 66-69. We bought 8 acres of hillside with a log cabin on it out on highway 46. We were in the midst of refurbishing it when hubby got laid off from Cummins and we had to move to Atlanta where he worked for Cummins Ga. Talk about a shock to the system....from Gnaw Bone to Hotlanta. Ha. We loved Nashville. Hung out with Bill Monroe because hubby plays Mandolin and played with a Bluegrass group called The Brown County Boys.
Like the little boy who never talked until he was 5 years old; up till now they didn't need a restriction. Everyone has always been pretty careful of preserving the early American flavor of the village.
Ahhh, the Nashville House. I loved the Fried biscuits and Apple Butter.
"He chose the most garish combination of "approved' colors and they couldn't say a thing !..........."
It's too late today but I will post such a picture tomorrow. It's an obvious protest showing exactly what you're saying. See you tomorrow.
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