Ruins from a church built in 1754

[RickB]

I would,..... but have never quite figured out the picture posting thing.
Too much trouble/difficult for an old guy.

Besides, there were no cameras back then.

 

[Sigarms]

My house looks a he!! of a lot better than that,..... and my house (not brick) was built in 1730, ....24 years earlier!

Fried1765 AKA George's house below.



George, if you don't mind, please give everyone the story, I for one found it very interesting. When you get a chance, send me a pic of the view, would love to see that as well!

For whatever reason, I never thought of old houses as being in Florida.

 

[fried1765]

Fried1765 AKA George's house below.

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George, if you don't mind, please give everyone the story, I for one found it very interesting. When you get a chance, send me a pic of the view, would love to see that as well!

For whatever reason, I never thought of old houses as being in Florida.

"I never thought of old houses as being in Florida"

You are correct!
My profile shows: " Northeast & FL".
The house is NOT in Florida.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I would love to read the story too.

 

[cqaigy2]

I love to hear as well. Your house looks fantastic!

 

[Fuddy1952]

House looks nice, but in almost 300 years I'm sure much has been replaced, windows, roof, siding, etc. The old church wasn't maintained like that.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

House looks nice, but in almost 300 years I'm sure much has been replaced, windows, roof, siding, etc. The old church wasn't maintained like that.

I was going to say, the roof and siding seem to be in great shape!

 

[/pine]

"I never thought of old houses as being in Florida....

Why not?

Founded in 1565 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Mené§*dez de Avil駸, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States....

 

[Fuddy1952]

I was thinking about St. Augustine too. Virginia has some of the oldest buildings. A friend lives in a house in Concord, Va built in the 17th century. The main house was built in mid 1700s, but this is a small log cabin. Wish I had pictures, but getting up to the loft two bedrooms there are logs sticking out of wall with no railing.
Our neighbor growing up had 2500 acres, three cabins on the place. By the 1970s two started falling apart, gone by the 80s.
Unoccupied houses fall apart.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Don't even get me going on West Virginia and coal. West Virginia coal wars - Wikipedia

Read up on it, you might be surprised what you find in our own history.

At this point, all my readings are going "south", generally before 1850

Miners had hellish jobs, horrific living conditions and low pay.