Old House.........

[Kelley (Texas)]

This old house is located near Huntsville, Texas. The folks once living in this old house might have had a large family because you can see how they enclosed the front porch. I wish that old houses like this could talk...who once lived here? What became of them?

This is a older picture that I decided to edit using Perfect Photo Suite 9. I have had problems using this editing software in the past' because it will often crash while editing a picture. Kelley (Texas)

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[DavefromCt]

I love this shot! Yes, I also see theses old structures and wonder about the former inhabitants. Heck, even my old childhood home that was sold a year or two ago to a couple...they have no idea of what went on there and all the good times we had as a family of 7. I have a question that may be dumb......I notice in Texas so many homes with tin roofs....why is that? The older homes in New England had slate roofs then regular shingles but I see very few tin roofs which would actually seem to be better for snow. I think I've seen a lot of tin roofs in New Hampshire and Vermont though.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Very interesting shot. Love those old places. My parents both grew up in a large family. My mother's childhood home was a three room house with 9 people in it. Now a days,that's unheard of and I know she would NEVER go for that now.

 

[Nauti]

Great photo that really stirs the imagination.Like you say,what history hides behind those walls,one can only imagine now that the house is abandoned........i'd love to know.

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

the galvanized metal sheets were low cost, maintence free and were used on other things around the home place too. Most Pole Barns down here were constructed using these low cost galvanized metal sheets too. If you ever tore down a structure, you always saved the metal sheets for use on other buildings.

Thanks for viewing my picture and asking the question about the metal roofs. Kelley (Texas)

 

[DavefromCt]

Thanks for the info. I've heard that around here metal roofs are very expensive. That's probably because they use expensive steel or something. What you said makes a lot of sense. I think the New England homes should go back to slate or go to metal. The slate roofs seem to last forever....I think they used to make a couple of holes and tie them with something...maybe leather.

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

Now days it is reversed, small family with a large home. All that I can say is that while we were sorta poor, I feel like I grew up in the best of times. Pickup trucks, horses, good shop classes at school, Friday night football, and gathering at the old Dairy Queen, what more could you really want? Best of times and great memories. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

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