SAD OLD HOME

I discovered this sad old home some time ago. It is barely visible from the street and does not appear to be owned by anyone close by. It is actually quite a large home and one can only imagine what it was like in its original grandeur. Upon closer investigation there are traits of the home that give off clues to its age. For instance the remaining window panes are hand-laid sheet glass not the perfectly clear glass of more modern times. This glass indicates the house is pre-1900. On the other hand the cut sandstone foundation blocks likely came from a local quarry just a few miles away but which shut down around 1880. Several architectural elements also add clues and my amateur assessment would conclude that this home was probably built no later than the Civil War era around 1865 and very possibly earlier than that.

Remarkably, the brick walls and the sandstone blocks of the foundation are in excellent shape. I've thought about attempting to find the owner of this home and looking into the possibility of purchasing it in order to recycle the lovely bricks and foundation stones. We shall see what becomes of it.