Old farmhouse and barn(((PICS ADDED)))

[rodney eppes]

I'd have to keep a few Special items, & as much wood as need for a new house. Sell the rest. Between the reclaimed wood, & collectibles, you got some money$$$$

 

[hunterdan]

Yep this has always been my dream after growing up with jerimiah Johnson and grizzly adams... Im not really off the grid but close enough
I agree with above. Its Never too late to
change locations.
Does anyone know what this is in pic? It has a flue like a fire place.

 

[rockcity]

It's upside down in the pic.

It looks like the bottom of a small grain hopper or even a cyclone. The small pipe leading in is for air to circulate the grain while bulk material is dumped in the top and the handles where the chute splits should open and close to turn on or off for flowing the grain, either for bagging or to a storage bin, etc.

 

[hunterdan]

Thanks for the info. First time I saw it was in one of the barns. At first in the dark I thought it was a headless woman standing in the corner...Talk about being spooked

 

[rockcity]

Some of those old mason jars can be worth $ depending on the year they were made and where, etc. look for identifiers on the bottom as they will usually indicate a location they are made and a date range when researched.

I mean, after 1964, Atlas was no more. So the Atlas jar on top is at least from 1964 or older. And good Atlas jars tend to be the ones with the large H over the A. So research and you may have some $ in jars.

 

[hunterdan]

Thanks ill keep an eye out for the. Old ones.More pics;Last pic shows one of the old hams hanging in the basement

 

[hunterdan]

More pics.

 

[WARRIORWELDING]

Plenty of time left to sell out, buy an axe, plow team and start living off the land. Man, that would be tough way to survive......

Yes agreed. But much much less bullshit. You either did or didn't. The rest starved or was delt with swiftly. Hard life butt I almost believe a more deliberate meaningful one.

 

[hunterdan]

And more.
Last pic is the outhouse.

 

[WARRIORWELDING]

Do you charge admission to this museum..
Really friggin cool.
These weren't dirt po' farm folk.

 

[hunterdan]

Just enjoy sharing stuff like this with people who appreciate the old ways and old things.

Your right about not being poor. From what I heard from an older man that used to work on this property...the family had nine children. Supposedly the man worked all of them hard and nearly beat a couple of them to death. He said the owner was too cheap to even buy them a coke on a hot day when he helped bail hay. Sometime in the 80's they dug a well but before that they hauled water to the house in buckets from a nearby spring. He says that the owner was the type that liked to bury his valuables and even at one time buried a classic car on the property and covered it with sheet metal. He said it's probably still out here somewhere. If it is it's ruined by now. The 10.5 acres I got are out of a larger 162 acre farm.

 

[rockcity]

I'd think Geoff Rouser would be all over that old reclaimed wood!

 

[hunterdan]

I'd think Geoff Rouser would be all over that old reclaimed wood!

Good! I hope someone decides they want the house and barn I will be selling most of the stuff pictured as we are in the process of minimizing not accumulating.

The only thing I might keep would be wood for our home interior and one of the mills.

 

[jcramsey]

Love this thread! What a cool old place. In theory, I love the idea of living a much simpler life. In reality, I've become so soft and ill equipped, I would probably die of starvation the first winter....or before.

 

[chromerunner]

The wood stove looks to be in nice shape, a lot of $$$ sitting around that house.


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[rodney eppes]

I'd hire an Honest antique dealer, to appraise what you have! Most of the farm implements, are not really worth anything. Might get a few dollars & removed, by one of the Old Show Fairs, that do a yearly show, or a museum type place. The washing machine & probably stove, can be found on E-Bay. Washing machines probably around $100-200 depending on condition. I got one; thought they were more. Wood/oil stoves, should be more, but then again, pick up/delivery has to be considered. Might get something for the sawmill, for someone that wants to tinker with it. Combine, is probably another "donated" item. If the chimney/fireplace bricks, are of 1900, they have value, just like the wood. All this is My opinion, & My opinion usually Sucks!

 

[RobMcBee]

Damn I'd love to rummage through that....

 

[RatLabGuy]

So what's the story with how you got it with all this stuff still there? You said it looks like the owners left in a hurry? Was it an estate sale?

Definintely sounds like you'll eventually be out there w/ a metal detector or scrounging for other evidence of where things may be buried...

 

[BigClay]

Again, I love these types of things, thanks for the pictures!! It looks like you have stuff from 1900 all the way through the 90s (I saw a modern looking telephone in one picture), very cool.

 

[Loganwayne]

So what's the story with how you got it with all this stuff still there? You said it looks like the owners left in a hurry? Was it an estate sale?

Definintely sounds like you'll eventually be out there w/ a metal detector or scrounging for other evidence of where things may be buried...

Probably like a lot of old home sites around here. Last person to live in them were 80-90 years old, all the family has moved away or doesn't wanna fool with it. They pass and someone throws a padlock on the door and nothing else ever happens

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[Fabrik8]

That white stove is awesome, and it looks like one of the last of that type made before gas and electric killed that market. I cooked on a similar (but older) one a long time ago in a cabin in Maine, and it was fun. Not as fun when you need to build a fire to make a hot meal, but still fun.

 

[hunterdan]

So what's the story with how you got it with all this stuff still there? You said it looks like the owners left in a hurry? Was it an estate sale?

Definitely sounds like you'll eventually be out there w/ a metal detector or scrounging for other evidence of where things may be buried...

The tax card says 1900's house but from what I hear it could be a bit older. A man had inherited the home from his father back in the 40's-50's and then worked the farm with 9 children. Everyone went there separate ways at some point and 1 of the sons moved in the home and stayed for a good while. While he was there pwr was run to the home and the basement was dug and poured. Years ago another son ended up with the property rights and decided to sell the entire 162 acres and divvy up the loot with the other living brothers and sisters. They got an offer for 800K back in 98 but one brother would not accept the offer so the bid was denied. That caused a huge family fight and the fella that had actual rights died 2 yrs ago leaving all rights to his wife. She's a sweet lady, but is also fed up with her deceased husbands siblings. So now she is selling it all in pieces and giving what she chooses to who she chooses. I can't say I blame her.
We own 20 acres next to that large parcel and have been working on getting our road finished. One day a small sign said for sale and we got 10.5 acres. She said just pick out what you want as long as it's 10.5 or more and we surveyed out the home with power pole and another 600 feet of creek adjoining where ours had originally stopped. Without this parcel we had no route for power.
She told her family (the siblings) that they had so much time to go in and get any items they wanted. Some came and took pics,others came and took some old model airplanes and a washer that looked like a large manual egg beater. One of them had supposedly said he was going to get the saw mill(s) but never did. I imagine the briars all around it and work to get it out changed his mind.

 

[rodney eppes]

I saw a modern looking telephone in one picture)

What's a Telephone?

 

[cyoung]

Not all houses are cheaply made, vinyl-sided tract homes, just sayin'....

I didn't say anything about cheap or vinyl tract homes but I will say I've never seen a new home built with hand made bricks in the chimney, hand planed doors, etc. that are likely in that old house. That is the kind of unique/character stuff I'm talking about. Lots of advantages to new too, just different.

 

[rockman]

Cool pics and adventure, thanks for sharing.