I Dub Thee, Home!

I've been working on a story last week about truly amazing homes in Newton County, Arkansas. Along the way it started morphing until I got to this point here:

Have you ever owned a house that has it's own nickname?

I remember back in my college days I went back to my hometown for a summer job. I was hanging out with some guys that I went to school with - pretty much all the way from grade school through high school. Someone asked about my nickname, which depending on who you asked was Wayner or Waynard. I proceeded to tell them how that originated.

To shorten the tale Waynard came from someone who was in band with me. Maynard Ferguson, the jazz artist, was going to be holding a concert nearby and some of us planned on attending. Well he morphed Maynard into Waynard. Later on some of my non-band friends heard the nickname and assumed it was Wayner. They thought it had to do with bueno, which is Spanish for good. Of course they would say "no wayner."

One of the friends that was there listening to the tale of how my nickname came about expressed that he wanted a nickname. His name was Simon. Well I'll not boar you with what young adult guys would come up with but let's just say it wasn't kind. He was not amused and said he was going to come up with his own nickname. We then made sure he knew that was not proper nickname etiquette, if such a thing exists.

Anyway this whole thing from the houses with nicknames to my own nickname got me to thinking. Someday I want to own a house that has it's own nickname. Not the type of house that's ridiculed but one that's revered because of it's location, condition, style, etc. Even if it's because it's shaped like a pumpkin! As long as it's cool and funky!

I'd love to hear about some of the nicknames of homes around Harrison, Arkansas or anywhere else and how they got their nicknames. If anyone knows of any let me know!