15-2020 Fire--Old Farm Buildings-52 Ancestors in a Year
Farmers often have old buildings on their property that are no longer used. Often it is a granary or a chicken coop, a barn or even a house that sits in the way & collects weeds. These old buildings are often used for storage of farm equipment but often their usefulness is lost due to the deteriorating condition of the buildings. It is often too expensive to repair or fix up the buildings.
In 1973, my husband’s family burnt the original buildings were my husband first lived. They moved to his house about 1947. This house was on the farm property that they rented, their first farm.
The First House
It was a 3 room house; living room, kitchen/dining room and bedroom. The kitchen had a pitcher pump for water and finally water was piped into the house but no drain so his mother still had to empty buckets under the sinks. There was no bathroom, but there was an outhouse. The house was heated by central heat; an oil heater in the living room. And baths were taken in front of the heater, in a galvanized tub.
The granary, which had been a house at one time, had a room in front for storage while the back was the granary.
The granary
There was a barn, where milk cows were kept. The family also raised chickens and pigs. Cream was sold for money to buy groceries.
The barn is the middle building.
Leroy’s parents moved from this house about 1957. The house was then used for migrant help in the summer.
So in 1973, it was time to remove the buildings. The local fire department used the buildings for training.
The fire removing history
For some reason, I took my camera to the burn. I guess I thought it was necessary to document the house and buildings so we would remember them. The pictures help remember the memories and the life.
I don't know if there any pictures of the house when it was lived in. Maybe someday I find them.
Little did I know that I would be the family historian and would need these pictures for a blog!
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