Discussion»Questions»Home and Garden» The house in which I currently live was built in the mid-1970s. What's the OLDEST building in which you've ever lived during your lifetime?
The house I grew up in was built in the 30s, but for a short time I lived in a little farm house built in the late 1800’s. Now that I think about it I don’t think I’ve lived in a house newer than the 60s
The farmhouse we moved into in 1947 we thought was built late 1800's but some stone tools been unearthed in the vicinity suggest that it may be much older.
Oops, I guess I misread your question. I was just thinking about the homes I lived in when I was an adult. The two houses I grew up in were probably built in the '50's.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 27, 2019 2:53 PM MDT
Oldest was probably 70s. I did stay on weekends with my Mom at my Gma's house after parents divorce. If I count it then her house was built approx 1900.
Somewhere around 1840, a fellow named Moore built a water-wheel powered sawmill down by the river. There are still remnants of the stone structure remaining. In the 40s, my grandparents bought a farm nearby that once was called the 'Moore' dairy farm. So sometime in the 1800s, my grandparents house was built there.
The house I lived in 30 years and reared my children in was is a suburban area. We had a trail near to our house with a creek nearby. When you walked back into the woods there was the remnants of a brick furnace where cannonballs were made during the civil war. We used to walk down there when the kids was little and they would play on the furnace structure and another structure which I never identified. It was fun but the city has now made it a place with a bunch of rules and signs and, basically ruined it (if you know what I mean) the way government can do. During the war it was a 2000 acre operation. That's a lot of armory. My daughter bought that house from me and is rearing my grandchildren there now. That is special. So is the fact that I'm now 700 miles away. :)
My big house back home was built in I thought 1905, but recently read on the register it was built in 1900. It was a wreck when we got it and we completely renovated it. It was a showplace. The neighborhood was not where I wanted to raise my family so when my first child was two we moved and, with sadness, sold our pretty German-styled house.
This post was edited by Thriftymaid at April 27, 2019 11:26 AM MDT
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