The Object of Our Affections

So what's the Hart Mansion and why does it need surgery?

It's a three-story, four-bedroom, three-bath house that sits on the main street. Three generations of Drs. Hart lived upstairs and ran their practices below. The eldest Dr. Hart was an "accoucheur" (obstetrician and male midwife), so it's charming to wonder how many babies were born in that parlor.

Kathy did the math: the world's oldest person is 114 year old, but the house is 116 years old (and counting), so there's absolutely nobody living today who was alive when the house was first occupied. Strange to think that the entire world has been refreshed since that time.