These are some photos that I have collected form our area. At one time, these were sweet, humble, abodes. I would love to have spoken with the homeowners…….
I wonder when this was last inhabited.
I imagine a swing in the tree next to it, and people sitting on the porch in the evening.
This little building was a store in the tiny town where I found it. Just down the road about a mile is a gigantic Walmart. Walmart started out tiny…..
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Oh I love the top one! I want to make it a magical cottage! Over in the U.k. where I'm from, it's so rare to find a worn down neglected house. So many DIY programs on T.V. so every rushed out a couple of decades ago and started flipping homes. I would love to find something like this here. Thanks for sharing, Sally @ enlightenment for the sleepy xxx
Whenever I drive by houses like this I also wonder what memories they hold. Ohhh if only the walls could talk ;-)
It has always made me a little sad to see beautiful homes abandoned when new ones are put up each day. I've often thought, why can't we just move in? Maybe that's wrong, but it just feels like someone should live there. Such pretty cottages Deborah, I love the first one and the little store, so perfect for antiques.
I love the first one, too. I can picture it in it's former glory and I can picture myself living there.
Like most other Commenters, I like the top house the best.
Can you imagine what it must have looked like when it was new?
I always wonder about the "story" of old houses.
The top house really speaks to me, too. Beautiful! Such a shame to be allowed to tumble down...
I love these old little homes! It's too bad that no one currently lives in them but maybe you'll spike someones interest to fix one up:-)
the cute top house looks like some small gasoline stations that we run across in rural Oklahoma...I love the architecture...
I love the one with the American bunting going across that porch that is desperate for repair and a good rocking chair. It is VERY hard around here, even in Texas, to find something with character, charm, history and a good porch. These are all beautiful.
That first one is absolutely charming. I wish someone would buy it and refurbish it. What a gorgeous little home. Next time, can you go over and take pics of the inside for us???? :)
Best,
Gloria
Pretty mush positive the first example was a gas station. Room inside for a desk, wood stove, restroom and that's about it. That being said, there is one in Kansas City, MO that's being used as a house. Pretty sure it's been added onto. The last one was probably a small shop or post office.
I think you are correct. Even our places of business have mushroomed.
It is the middle house that really has my curiosity :) I remember my grandparents old house in Georgia, it was about that size (to start with, they had 12 children!).
There's not a whole lot of abandoned houses in my country. I guess they simply get torn down and a new house build on top of it. We're sorta cramped for space with 17million people in an country as big of the state of Alabama heh. Though imagine us all moving into tiny homes rather then the big ones we got now.. we suddenly would have plenty of room again! ;)
While passing by old abandoned buildings while traveling in the UK, US or Ireland, I've always wanted to travel back in time to be able to take a peak inside when it was still a home to a family. If only walls could talk!
I too love the top one. Jay Shaffer at Tumbleweed tiny house company has a design very similar to this with the lovely peak in the front. I think it's the balance and symmetry of the building that I like so much. I am imagining it right now all decorated for the holidays with a big roaring fire inside. Cozy!
Not that it couldn't be someone's home, but I think the first pic is of a service station building. My Dad ran a Filling Station and had a business building just like this one. All that cement out front on the ground is a clue that it was a business.
Enjoying your blog,
God bless,
d
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