Today, I took a short trip through the woods to check it out.
The house is in pretty rough shape, and smells of home heating oil. There's also a ton of debris visible without going into the house:
However, I wasn't really content to just stand at the door and peer inside, so, I let myself in:
The inside is really bad - there's a gaping hole in the floor, and the structure isn't exactly what you'd call "sound":
Now, I weigh an eighth of a ton, and was alone, so I didn't want to risk going through the floor, but, I shot what I safely could:
I'd like to go back with a second person, a length of rope, and a good flashlight.
If you're interested, there's a total of 28 photos of this short trek here on my Flickr set.
That would have been a neat house when it was sound. It is sad when these treasures end up this way!
ReplyDeleteHouses like this are infinitely interesting. I always want to know why? Why did the stairs fall off the wall? Why was it abandoned? It looks like it was once a lovely house with all of that beautiful rock work - Why wasn't it cared for?
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