Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1902 — Tiled with Tin Cans. [ARTICLE]

Tiled with Tin Cans.

A remarkable little building stands on the lawn of Dr. Naaman H. Keyser’s house in Church lane, Germantown, Pa. It was erected by Dr. Keyser himself when a boy, some addition or alteration being made to it each year during his vacation. The architecture Is old English. The lower part is wooden, and the upper part has the effect of tiling, the tiles being made out of old tin cans. The youthful architect persuaded the boys of the neighborhood to collect cans from the various dumps, 1,000 of them being used on the building- The bottoms of the cans blocked over wood formed circular tiles, With which the roof Is covered. aud the remainder of the tin being beaten out flat and also blocked, made square tiles for the upper part of the walls.—Chicago Record-Rerald.