I came across this old rock farmhouse last week. It is typical in construction of homes here from the nineteenth century, built from limestone quarried nearby. On this cold November morning I can picture it even as recent as seventy five years ago probably still in use. I can see a few cats outside waiting for a few scraps from breakfast. I can smell bacon sizzling in a black cast iron pot on a wood stove . Coffee is kept warm on the stove as well. Big breakfasts for a day of work outside in the late fall cold.
The thing about old homes here is that they fade fast when families stop living in them. Judging by the roof this home had an inhabitant fairly recently. The hash weather takes its toll quickly, the wooden frame homes disappear faster than these rock homes. Now it most likely provides a home to a few black snakes, maybe a wood rat will build a nest in the back kitchen, raccoons and possums will visit, vines and mulberry trees will grow up in any opening and local teenagers will look to frighten each other here when the moon is full.
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I wonder if those coons and possums get prosecuted when they trespass? *grin*
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The ruins look more like what I think European structures would look like (Midwestern) American ones!
That method of building in a rural setting seems very different. Perhaps they were well off and up-graded when they could.
People used slate to replace thatch here which is how the cottage we lived in survived.
wow..t'was a bit creepy:)
-->my hairstrands stood:.....
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How interesting. I wonder why homes are abandoned like that?
I did Photo Hunt today, too. I hope you get a chance to visit and leave your link!
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Have a great weekend!
Excellent photo hunt today Larry! [your profile says you live in southeast Kansas...I had an aunt living in Manhattan...but now that I think of it, that is south of Nebraska over the border. Oh well, I was 'this close' to saying it's a small world. :::Laughing:::]
Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your weekend is off to a great start.
It's an interesting place. It's sad that it has been left unattended for a period of time.
When I lived in Kansas, I lived in one of those old rock houses. The outer wall was over 18" thick! The thing that I hated was the summers. The rock would absorb the sun's heat all day long, then radiate it back out at night. It was like being in an oven in the evening.
Fabulous post Larry!
There's nothing sadder than a ruined home. It's been so full of life, as you have described so well, and now - no people! If the house could think, it would be glad to shelter other creatures.
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