Old Homeplaces
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Topic: Old Homeplaces
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Old Homeplaces
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 12:07pm
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West KY Hwy 80 - Nancy - Pulaski County - Kentucky Saturday_17-June-2023 West_KY80_Gable End Cumberland House #M84.867361  Located between Bradley's Pleasure Church and Flatwoods Road, on the South side of KY Hwy 80 in the West Corner of the Ted Frye Road Junction. Although this house is a Cumberland, it is somewhat unique in that the house rafters/roof overhang and cover the front porch. Also, this is a good example of a weatherboard house that has been covered with Asbestos siding; as, for whatever reason, the Asbestos does not cover all the way down, leaving the weatherboard exposed from the windows down. This Asbestos siding always mimics brick or stone, with simulated mortar joints, and is available in many colors; at least in my area, the color shown on this house is by far the most prevalent. A big selling point for the Asbestos siding, let alone the fact that it really sealed up a house, insulating and stopping drafts, was that it cost about the same as a good paint job and will last forever, evidenced by the hundreds of old houses where the siding is today as good as it was when it was installed, long outlasting all the children that were born within it. Don't get this Asbestos siding confused with the also common Asbestos Shingle siding, which is thin brittle "shingles" made of a mixture of cement and Asbestos fibre; those will break like glass at the slightest excuse. There are several houses around here with the Asbestos Shingle siding, but many more with the type shown here. These old houses are double-boxed and storm-sheeted and will long outlast the new houses that replaced them. Being storm-sheeted and double-boxed, they will take a hit from a tornado and stand firm. 37.131211°N 84.867361°W 357.2256 m 1,172'  |
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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 1:36pm
| Very nice! Always luv the old places, think of how proud they were when it was new , and to own it , Christmases,, family gatherings etc,, |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 5:09pm
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Mom still lives in the house Dad and her built it 1962-63, across the fields from Grandpa’s farm where Dad was born, Grandpa offered to sell the farm to Dad and Mom in the late ‘60’s, Mom absolutely refused, said ‘none of my kids are gonna be farmers’, so Gramps sold the farm, less than 10 years later Dad and Mom separated, later divorced, Mom got the house in the settlement, still lives there, can see the Farmstead across the now urban sprawl rooftops. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 6:02pm
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Sad days Lars, seen it many times. Old Home Places around St Peter IL in Wilburton Township, been gone for decades, most died from Post Beetles and Termites, storms never did much to them. Most were "Worthless Wood structures" as My Grandmother put it, Slab Hard Maple Floors 12-18" Wide planks full length of older smaller houses and a full 2" thick with NO KNOTS, some got Walnut when the Nut bearers Died, All were on Stone Corner footers, none were square or level, HOWEVER, were "Home".
Great grands in their day raised a brood of Five Boys Six Girls, in FOUR Rooms outside Wilburton. 13 in the Arcadia MO Home of Great grands there. And YES, Some slept on Pallets(Not shipping Style) in the Rafters, of BOTH Houses. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2025 at 8:58am
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I found these from Wednesday_03-November-2021  Same house; the 2023 photos are taken travelling Westbound; these 2021 photos are Eastbound.  http://https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/barns-and-barnyards_topic206475_post1768237.html#1768237" rel="nofollow - for a better look at that red barn in the background. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 6:57pm
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West KY Hwy 80 - Nancy - Pulaski County - Kentucky Saturday_17-June-2023 1-1/2-Story Gable-front Farm House https://ibb.co/1YwW5qVz" rel="nofollow">  North side of KY80 between Bradley's Pleasure Church and Flatwoods Road KY80W_House #M84.875617 Although it resembles a Cumberland, this house has a single centrally-located front door. Notice the lightning rods. Notice the analog TV antenna prevalent in this area of excellent analog TV reception; a few miles in either direction and you can't pick up a thing. 37.129495°N 84.875617°W 353.8728 m 1,161' CLICK the Photo for a larger view and CLICK that view to see it even bigger.
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 12:35am
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West KY Hwy 80 - Nancy - Pulaski County - Kentucky Saturday_17-June-2023 KY80W_House #M84.876591 https://ibb.co/JWZZCPv4" rel="nofollow">  South side of KY80 between Bradley's Pleasure Church and Flatwoods Road Note the analog TV antenna tower. Note how the roof peak of the rear annex peaks above the main house roof; I have to wonder was that by design or a carpenter's mistake. 37.128603°N 84.876591°W 352.6536 m 1,157'
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 6:54am
| Roof Pitch height is based on structure width, not a error, just wanted similar pitch to a addition. Undoubtedly the Front is the 'Old Homestead', the rear a add on. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2025 at 1:45pm
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Flatwoods Road - Nancy - Pulaski County - Kentucky Saturday_17-June-2023 Gable End Cumberland w/Dormer and Porch https://ibb.co/C59tT913" rel="nofollow">  West side of Flatwoods Road 37.116391°N 84.884387°W 345.6432 m 1,134' Note the two front doors, a trademark of the Cumberland design.
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