This week, after work, Kevin and I began sifting through the pile that was the original house. We don't know for sure, but our best guess has always been that it was built in the 1930s or before. I did find a piece of a newspaper stuck to a board with the date 1937, but we don't know in what context because the rest of the article is missing. As we began digging around the pile, and also deconstructing the chicken coop we are a little less sure of that date because everything was built on tree stumps, and the supports are logs! I'm going to do additional research and update as I find out!
It makes me a little sad that someone would just knock this place down! There is so much to reclaim - and if it hadn't been knocked over, there would be a lot less rot and decay.
Oh yea, there is a vulture that lives in the pile at the back. It scared us half to death!
We were able to pull out two old doors that were relatively in well preserved! I think we're going to use them when we build the fence to our garden, but for now, we have stored them away in the barn.
I love the old construction!
The door knob still turns!
Boards to build our trashcan on casters to go under the hutch Kevin built me.
Is this 1937 the year? Or 1937 and address? Who knows, but the paper is really old!
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