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Felinepeachy
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This is near where I live and I just gawk at it every time I drive by, it's so interesting. Notice how many doors. I don't have a clue to how old it is but does anyone have an idea as to what it was? 
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Re: House, Shed, Barn?
barn and vehicle garage?
maybe the glass paned door was an office
the next a hallway
the next two storage or stalls or one of each for horse and the horse stuff or feed.
doors may have been replaced or added over the years too. like one quit working so they put another matching the lean of the bldg.
i'm wondering if this is true. alot of barns deteriate with a lean vs houses fall in. i imagine it's because the house has much more interior walls.
barn and vehicle garage?
maybe the glass paned door was an office
the next a hallway
the next two storage or stalls or one of each for horse and the horse stuff or feed.
doors may have been replaced or added over the years too. like one quit working so they put another matching the lean of the bldg.
i'm wondering if this is true. alot of barns deteriate with a lean vs houses fall in. i imagine it's because the house has much more interior walls.
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Hard to tell for sure how old it is without seeing the framing and how the boards were cut, but I have a similar structure on my ranch in Texas that dates back to the turn of the 20th century. It was occupied by two families, both of which worked on the farm growing peanuts. The back area was a common kitchen, which originally was detached from the main dwelling.
Hard to tell for sure how old it is without seeing the framing and how the boards were cut, but I have a similar structure on my ranch in Texas that dates back to the turn of the 20th century. It was occupied by two families, both of which worked on the farm growing peanuts. The back area was a common kitchen, which originally was detached from the main dwelling.
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We could sure use more pictures 
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Within eyesight of my front door is an old abandoned ranch I used to explore. It had barns, a concrete block bunk house and what was strange
was the house was collapsed and the roof was ground level. I could not
figure out how it got that way but now I think termites ate up the walls.
Found a nice 14K wedding ring under the clothesline.
Within eyesight of my front door is an old abandoned ranch I used to explore. It had barns, a concrete block bunk house and what was strange
was the house was collapsed and the roof was ground level. I could not
figure out how it got that way but now I think termites ate up the walls.
Found a nice 14K wedding ring under the clothesline.
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nova treasure
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here is some cool info on these type houses in Ky. http://books.google.com/books?id=8_...th 2 front doors&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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here is some cool info on these type houses in Ky. http://books.google.com/books?id=8_...th 2 front doors&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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Re: House, Shed, Barn? (Update:More Pics)
Nova, thanks for that link. Here are a few more pics that I took today. I looked inside. Instantly my "spider radar" went up. Some of you are well aware of my issue with spiders and may recall the "Skippy" incident. Anyway, here's what I could see from where I stood.
Nova, thanks for that link. Here are a few more pics that I took today. I looked inside. Instantly my "spider radar" went up. Some of you are well aware of my issue with spiders and may recall the "Skippy" incident. Anyway, here's what I could see from where I stood.
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It looks more like living quarters now than a barn.
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Both of the smaller buildings look like tool / garden sheds , maybe the one might have the water well pump in it. Thanks again for the x-tra pictures.Felinepeachy said:I really don't think it was any kind of dance hall because there is absolutely no room for twirlingIt's very small inside. What are the two smaller buildings?
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A good way to get an idea of its age is to look at what type of nails were used to build it (modern round wire type nails , square machine cut nails or the oldest being square hand forged nails ) . Another thing to check is : are the beams in the floor , walls and ceiling held together with wooden pegs ? That is a sign of a very old building .
A good way to get an idea of its age is to look at what type of nails were used to build it (modern round wire type nails , square machine cut nails or the oldest being square hand forged nails ) . Another thing to check is : are the beams in the floor , walls and ceiling held together with wooden pegs ? That is a sign of a very old building .
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Okay, I finally found the owners of this place and worked up the courage to ask permission to hunt the property. They are an older couple and are very sweet. I asked what the place was and they said it's a 150 year old house and for years a "colored" family lived there and when they bought the property they even lived in it temporarily. They said someone recently asked if they could tear it down for the wood but they told him, no. They asked what I was hoping to find and I told them anything old like buttons or coins or doodads etc. I told them that they could have anything I found but they declined and just wished me lots of luck. They were so nice. Now I am so excited I can hardly stand it!!!!! This place sure sounds promising don't ya think? 
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