House, Shed, Barn?-UPDATE

[Felinepeachy]

This is near where I live and I just gawk at it every time I drive by, it's so interesting. Notice how many doors. I don't have a clue to how old it is but does anyone have an idea as to what it was?

 

[dirt diva]

Congrats
Get out there girl and start digging.
Wishing you lots of finds and fun

 

[intimer]

thanks for the follow up.
good luck and be careful.

 

[Felinepeachy]

thanks for the follow up.
good luck and be careful.

LOL, that's actually exactly what the owner said.

 

[extractor]

Peach; You will score big on the digs at that house Wtg . Looking forward to see the finds !

 

[GopherDaGold]

Methinks there will be a lot of re-newed interest in this thread! Myself included!

 

[Felinepeachy]

Methinks there will be a lot of re-newed interest in this thread! Myself included!

Oh the pressure.

 

[jimbob450]

It might pay to look inside that old piano. Be careful in
them old building and please show pics of your finds.
Have fun and good luck. Jimbob

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I asked what the place was and they said it's a 150 year old house and for years a "colored" family lived there and when they bought the property they even lived in it temporarily.

Juke Joint

 

[intimer]

Methinks there will be a lot of re-newed interest in this thread! Myself included!

Oh the pressure.

no pressure! this was a particularly interesting posting already.

 

[wwace]

Re: House, Shed, Barn?

"Red Light" houses usually had a piano for entertainment. Plenty of cribs too.

funny I thought "Bordello" first glance lol

 

[Noodle]

In this neck of the woods (deep South), I saw many, many houses shaped like that with two "front" doors when I was growing up. My aunt and uncle had one, in fact. One door led to the parlor/living room, the other to a bedroom. Few are left now because most weren't painted and were constructed with non-treated wood. In heavy humidity areas, they don't last many decades. It looks like the back bedroom was an add-on for more room or kitchen. The only one local that's left was featured in the newspaper about a year ago. It is still lived in. A wringer washing machine is on the front porch, and clothes generally hang from ropes stretched across the front porch. It was sealed back in the 40s with that fake brown brick-looking tar siding paper, so has held up fairly well, plus it's built up off the ground on blocks. No ground-to-board contact.

Really watch for varmints! And I'll bet that piano has real ivory keys. Yes, be sure to lift the top and check, and also drop down the knee panel. And looks like the ceiling/roof isn't too reliable, either. I'll be checking back! HH!!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Mia...it looks like a place were wild critters would go, and for some nice person to go along and feed them

SS

 

[cw0909]

dont forget to look for outlines of buildings not there anymore
there had to be more, over that 150yr period
HH dont forget the pics

 

[Noodle]

I found an ax head in a place like that one time. It was down about 4 inches and no sign of a handle. Cleaned up real nice. Someone had propped it up next to the house, and the rest is history.

 

[Felinepeachy]

Here's some stuff from the house.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=307403.new#new

 

[extractor]

Good Digs!