Stacking Stones

[squirrel]

My new house is kinda a fixrupper. The Princess said to re-build it, I said start stacking they are all still here...

Wouldn't doubt it was built using slave labor, early to mid 1800's is my best guess, still trying to dig up actual historical info on it.

Comes complete with multiple barns, outbuildings, scale, windmill, farm implements, all of similar age and condition.

Running a metal detector around the area will be interesting what is to be found.


All corners, headers, and trimmers are carved and decorated sandstone which was not local, had to be wagon trained in from somewhere

 

[WYWINCHESTER]

Looks like 2 old church pews

 

[noharleyyet]

Period architecture & structural engineering is interesting. That was a helluva stout and visually appealing structure in it's day

 

[squirrel]

Period architecture & structural engineering is interesting. That was a helluva stout and visually appealing structure in it's day

I knew you'ld like it. Check out the stoned in place 2nd floor joists. This from a time when families of 12 were being raised in 14'x14' log sod roofed cabins. I bet they owned everything they could see and then some. Too bad the grand entryway has collapsed, I bet it was special. Those chairs were "after market" for shooting a deer off the front porch, and spending Halloween night listening to the owls on the porch.

 

[INMT]

That’s some bada$$ rock work

 

[Hem]

My Dad had a house built in 1812. The original owners were stone masons. Evidence of their trade in all directions.

Wonderful pictures and what an exciting project.

 

[Salmonchaser]

That is really an interesting project you have there.

 

[Straight Arrow]

My new house is kinda a fixrupper. The Princess said to re-build it, I said start stacking they are all still here...

Wouldn't doubt it was built using slave labor, early to mid 1800's is my best guess, still trying to dig up actual historical info on it.

Comes complete with multiple barns, outbuildings, scale, windmill, farm implements, all of similar age and condition.

Running a metal detector around the area will be interesting what is to be found.View attachment 356630
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Location?

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I had a mason on my concrete crew years ago. He called that style of rock work chink. Real tight joints.

 

[squirrel]

Several perimeter works of interest. Some obvious some just raise more questions.

Hand dug/stacked rock well, collapsed at about 10' down, but it sits 50 yards away from and 20 feet above the creek... why do it?



An agricultural scale, I couldnt figure out what it was a buddy figured it out in about 5 seconds.



The two holer with concrete cap.



The barn- stacked stone back wall in a "U" with open front Huge iron hinges on swinging doors on the front side.




A stone wall for no apparent reason. I guess they just needed some stacking practice.



I'm betting there are some graves somewhere close by, its pretty thick cover for looking.

 

[Hem]

Old Stonewalls in New England where I grew up usually were for two reasons. The rocks were excavated out of fields in order to grow crops. In many cases the rock walls then served as perimeter boundaries, or divided land for livestock pastures, and smaller paddocks.
One year my Dad and I dismantled a 12' section of wall in order to drive through to cut firewood. It was a task. They were tough back then, 100's of miles of hand stacked stone.

 

[KSBorn]

Gotta love old stonework. Town I grew up was littered with old limestone structures from the late 18's. Very cool!

 

[Muzyhunterv2]

I grew up in a stone house. The walls were three foot thick. Three and a half stories tall. It was built pre civil war. Was once a stage coach stop.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Very interesting history, very cool place.


I’d say a “fixer upper” is an understatement…

Can’t wait to see whatcha find and whatcha do with the place!

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Several perimeter works of interest. Some obvious some just raise more questions.

Hand dug/stacked rock well, collapsed at about 10' down, but it sits 50 yards away from and 20 feet above the creek... why do it?

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My first thought was outhouse instead of well. Seem like it could fit the bill? Keep it away from the house?

Not sure why you'd use rock for a shitter, but maybe they just built them better back in the day?

 

[squirrel]

My first thought was outhouse instead of well. Seem like it could fit the bill? Keep it away from the house?

Not sure why you'd use rock for a shitter, but maybe they just built them better back in the day?

Nah the shitter is a two holer just outside the door with a concrete cap over the tank. An old but modern windmill(galvanised iron) is 50 yards away probably tapped into the original well for the stone house.

This stacked rock well is almost a mile away and not next to any structure at all. Not sure why they wouldn't have just tapped into the creek less than 50 yards away.

 

[Goatshoes]

Very cool, but I'd not feel comfortable sitting in the shade from what's left. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to you piecing things together and sharing.

 

[squirrel]

Lotta you guys are mis-reading this. I was TOLD to re-build it... I counter-offered to stay clear while SHE re-built it... the stones all being right there where they fell to.

Now I MAY fix the bridge where the stacked limestone is capped with a 1950's concrete pour. But I am busy with a bit more modern project posing its own set of problems... the most obnoxious being 60 yards of flat concrete poured with only a single dog for help. (he was good for the 7 and 14 day compressive test, he lost interest well before the 28 day break test)

 

[noharleyyet]

Barndo?

 

[squirrel]

Barndo?

Probably the most fashionable term for it. I would call it someplace to shoot a bunch deer while not getting wet with snakes crawling into the bag...