1869 Building

1869 Building

@Marcyaz (35316)

United States

March 26, 2016 4:45pm CST

This building is on the property of a park in our town, it was built in 1869. I think it is so neat to have an old building like this and leave it as it is. It is next to the river and has a lot of acerage, some people even go fishing here. For a small town we have 6 good sized parks some even have playgrounds for the children to play at.

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@DianneN (247157)

• United States

26 Mar 16

I love old buildings like this. My son went to a private school with an original schoolhouse that was moved to his school's grounds. It was built in 1662! It only held six students. The boys had to keep the fireplace going during the winter for a class.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

26 Mar 16

@DianneN It is good to keep the original schoolhouses to show the children how it used to be. Yep I have heard the students kept the fires going in the winter time. Only six students.

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@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

26 Mar 16

Hey that is in better shape than the last place I lived an old moldy cottage lolz Was so glad to get out of there and into this place now. But yeah, I love old buildings, historic places like that one Marcy. I loved little toy houses when I was little too.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

26 Mar 16

@TiarasOceanView Well then I am glad to hear you are no longer in that place. I love these old historic buildings.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@TiarasOceanView They certainly are so the children can see where people used to live.

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@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

26 Mar 16

@Marcyaz They are a great learning for kids in the community too.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

27 Mar 16

It is good to see such buildings, they should be considered part of the historic heritage of the area.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@pgiblett It is good to see these older buildingsand I am sure it is a hostoric building for this area.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@pgiblett I don't know what it was originally.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

27 Mar 16

@Marcyaz What was it?

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

26 Mar 16

make sure that they do not take it down.We have a lot here and saved most of t hem.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@amadeo Good thing you have saved those places and we don't take it down.

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Marcyaz that is good to hear.I Hate when they do this.

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@Daljinder (23235)

• Bangalore, India

28 Mar 16

It does look neat. And what does the sign say?

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@Daljinder Thanks it tells who it was built by and when and some other miscellaneous things.

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@Daljinder (23235)

• Bangalore, India

28 Mar 16

@Marcyaz That's what I was asking. I mean the answers to that. Who? when? ....

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@JohnRoberts (109845)

• Los Angeles, California

26 Mar 16

I see a plaque on the building so it is protected?

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

26 Mar 16

I am not sure if it is protected or not I do know part of what it says is the person who made the building but as to being protected I would think so.

@Bluedoll (16770)

• Canada

26 Mar 16

I wonder what happened to the windows? To think the timber that went in that building were so well groomed and straight but over time with stress they bend into a perm.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

I don't know I would think the windows were boarded up at some point in time. I really couldn't tell though. It is surprising how long the building has lasted.

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Bluedoll I have never noticed any windows on it but next time I go there I will see if there is anything noticable that looks like a window.

@Bluedoll (16770)

• Canada

27 Mar 16

@Marcyaz By the look of the front they didn't put windows in and who knows the door on that side could have been put in later?

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@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

27 Mar 16

Most of those old buildings are considered cultural monuments because they express the architecture of a certain period of time, is this one restored and protected by the city?

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@besweet yes, I would have to say so.

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@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

28 Mar 16

@Marcyaz It's good to hear that it is protected, those beautiful buildings are becoming part a place's history after so many years.

@Letranknight2015 (52509)

• Philippines

27 Mar 16

Wow after all these years, they were able to at least preserve this kind of house, so small back then.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Letranknight2015 Yep it is so old and has been preserved, wonder why they made them so small back then.

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

30 Mar 16

@Letranknight2015 That is a thought they couldn't afford anything larger.

@Letranknight2015 (52509)

• Philippines

29 Mar 16

@Marcyaz maybe they couldn't afford a bigger house?

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@Hate2Iron (15726)

• Canada

3 Apr 16

How cool is that!! Wouldn't you just love to know the history... or maybe you already do! If walls could only talk!!

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

4 Apr 16

@Hate2Iron I don't know the history but can't wait to find out from one of the people in town.

@DeborahDiane (40569)

• Laguna Woods, California

29 Mar 16

It sounds like you live in a really nice town! I love that old building, too!

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

30 Mar 16

@DeborahDiane It is a very nice little town seems progressive also and that old building is neat to see.

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@DeborahDiane (40569)

• Laguna Woods, California

1 Apr 16

@Marcyaz - I love it when communities make the effort to preserve their history and their old buildings.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

1 Apr 16

@DeborahDiane It is nice to have both the old and the new.

@norcal (4889)

• Franklinton, North Carolina

4 Apr 16

That's pretty cool. It looks like it's had the roof redone not too long ago.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

5 Apr 16

@norcal You have a good eye I hadn't thought of that just it looked like a nice roof.

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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)

• Perth, Australia

8 May 16

I LOVE looking and being inside old houses / buildings. Just something about it that makes me feel good.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 May 16

Iloved taking pictures of d houses and barns.

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@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

27 Mar 16

It certainly shows that log houses were built to last. It's beautiful!

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Jeanniemaries I don't think you can find anything nowadays that will last as long, it is beautiful and I love taking pictures of log houses like this one.

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@Jeanniemaries These older buildings are amazing and stand so much longer than these new ones.

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@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Marcyaz I see one every so often and wonder about the age of it and the person(s) who built it. With all our safety regulations these days prohibiting us from building, this little gem and others like it triumph!

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@LovingMyBabies (85295)

• Valdosta, Georgia

27 Mar 16

I love old historic buildings like that too, it is so cool to see how things were made so long ago. I think it's amazing.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@LovingMyBabies The older historic buildings are neat to see and amazing that they have stood for so long.

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

27 Mar 16

the hand work that was needed to make such buildings always impressed me

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@Jessicalynnt What impresses me is that it is still standing after so long a time.

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@rakski (147505)

• Philippines

27 Mar 16

wow, I wonder how it feels to live in those kind of house.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@rakski I would think it would be very confining as it is so small.

@jillybean1222 (6407)

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29 Mar 16

that is neat. i love old building like this

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

30 Mar 16

@jillybean1222 Yes it is nice to see older buildings like this.

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@euphie (573)

• Ballymena, Northern Ireland

27 Mar 16

That is such a cute building :o)

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@euphie It is a cute little building and so old.

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@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

27 Mar 16

That just goes to show you @Marcyaz how good the people were at building back in the day. Today, you can have a $125,000 house built from scratch and sometimes it's not worth the screws and bolts it's made with.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

28 Mar 16

@nanette64 Very true what is built today a lot of times has so many flaws it is terrible.

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