February 6, 2010

  • This Old House: Stairs

    There are several staircases in this house,these were in the stone part.
    There were attic ones too but I could not get them in a pic.
    I suppose that right beneath these are the basement steps.

    Here are the outside basement steps.
    See all the canning shelves,I can imagine them lined with lots of mason jars.
     

    The brick addition of the house had these stairs,
    they are the kind we have in our farmhouse.
    What I notice most about the attic steps is that they are uneven.
    After years and years of going up and down uneven steps you know them by heart,
    and do not even think about it
    but a stranger is in for a rude awakening if you don't warn them.
    I have wondered how often they used the back stairways
    unless the two houses were not connected and they were separate dwellings.

     


    Previous posts of this house:

    The House before it was Torn Down in the
    Abandoned Farmhouse Series HERE

    After Demolition started
    This Old House
    Ruins in Color

     

Comments (19)

  • Breaks my heart, seriously.

  • @Bricker59 - Me too,It was in half decent shape,I just don't understand it.

  • I'm glad you were able to capture the house while it was still intact. I'm glad you've captured the demolition, but it is very sad. 

  • I think of all the little pitter patters of children's feet that ran those stairs~ all these years.

  • I think it would cost too much to fix up

  • that first one speaks to me, most.

  • I wonder about the tools that were used and the craftsmen who built the house.

  • This is heartbreaking. 

  • I wonder if the craftsman is watching from above, with possibly a tear in his eye. Afterall, he sees you taking the pictures, and he knows that there are people who still care.

  • That first shot is magnificent, as is the next to last!  Thanks for sharing the preservation of this old house.

  • Sooooooo, how's the weather there?

  • @Aloysius_son - Snowy!!! Really snowy!

  • How do you find these places?  They are fantastic!

  • @ItsWhatEyeKnow - I live in an area that has been largely unchanged since it was settled,I think it is 80% of the homesteads are still in use.Oley is home to some of the most significant 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania German farms to be found anywhere in the Commonwealth of PA or the country. Settled in the 1720s, many of the Valley's current residents are descended from families who have been here for centuries.In the early 1980's it was put on the National Historic Register and development is very limited. I drive when I need to get out and I find a new road to take every week ,so I explore places. This place I have seen since I was in Jr Hi. Three siblings lived there,two sisters and a brother,one sister could hear the other two were deaf. they lived there and farmed until they were in their 90's ,I think the last one died about three yrs ago.They were so cute,when they came to the greenhouse they carried market baskets in the crook of their elbows to place their items in,they wore sun bonnets and drove an old car. There were several families like that who grew up on their farms for generations. My husbands parents bought our home in 1940 and he was born here,they were from the neighboring county where farms were not available, many Mennonites moved into this area and bought farms that had been lost during the depression.
    That is a whole post right there!

  • Seeing old houses die makes me unutterably sad.  I can't really explain it, but it feels like everything that transpired in them is lost now....

  • Love the stairs! So sad looking down into the basement with the empty shelves.

  • Oh i want tro cry...

  • @seedsower - Thank you for taking the time for that complete answer!  You're right, it is a post.  You should publish it!  It's very interesting!

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