MACON, Ga. — Around Central Georgia, you'll see a lot of brick homes and a lot of stucco.
"There was something about the stone that just enamored me," he said.
A home has stories, literally and figuratively. The tale of this house starts outside.
"It's kind of neat seeing what your house looked like 100 years ago," Ed said.
Something cool happened ten years ago. Ed was on his front lawn when a guy came jogging past and said, "I always thought there was something about your house; I have an article with your house that dates back to 1926."
"Two-color tones of buff and gray produce walls which appear to be aged and toned by the storms and sunshine or years," Ed read from an advertising article on his wall.
The Indiana Limestone company sure made the stone sound alluring, and it's held up.
This year, 264 Riverdale turns 100 years old.
Ed moved in here in 1996, and he's done some research on his safe haven.
"This is one of only four houses and probably the first built with limestone, and that's kind of a neat thing. A lot of people in the neighborhood they'll call this the castle," he said with a grin.
This is a guy with a great sense of humor who embraced the castle, a knight in the dining room with a table that resembles something King Arthur would have sat at. But he also maintained its historical roots.
"All of these nine pieces were shoved up in the garage, and I'm like, what in the world? We put it back in here, and I can't believe anyone would take this out," he said, standing in front of the fireplace.
Music is always around, whether it's on the walls or sitting in the living room for an impromptu jam session.
Ed plays in over a dozen bands when he's not at the Children's Hospital; the drums belonged to his late brother.
"I called the company to ask them how to polish the symbols, and they said, hey, if you've got those vintage symbols, I wouldn't touch them. Leave them just like they are," he described.
The guy who put himself through the University of Georgia by cutting lawns trims every one of the boxwoods himself in the formal garden.
With all these details, you can see Ed has a love affair with the land he's inhabited for 27 years.
"I've had people knocking on my home asking if I'm selling my house," he recalled
For now? Not a chance.
