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*Farmgirl Barter™:  FREE 1900s Farmhouse - Lone Oak, TX (eastTexas)  |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 1:00:19 PM
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FEBRUARY 2013 UPDATE: NOTE TO ALL: THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN MOVED AND IS AT ITS NEW HOME IN EAST TEXAS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON ITS PROGRESS AT THE NEW POST LINK:
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=61725
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR INTEREST.
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JULY 28, 2012 UPDATE: THIS HOUSE IS STILL AVAILABLE. I SURE HOPE THERE IS A FARMGIRL OUT THERE WHO WILL MOVE IT AND TAKE IT TO A GOOD HOME. OTHERWISE I WILL SOON NEED TO LIST IT ON ANOTHER SITE.
I have an old house in my pasture - circa 1901 - that needs to find a new home. It is a farmgirl's dream! I will give it to anyone if they will move it - the sooner the better. It would make a beautiful farm home! See for yourself - here are some pictures of the outside!
It is not currently hooked up to any utilities. The floors are solid hardwood and the walls are solid ship-lap. Most of the ceilings are tongue and groove. It has been wired, but the wires are just hanging below and in the switch boxes. The back porch has been enclosed (I would turn it back into a porch). Both front and back porch floors need replacing due to weathering. Roof is metal with 3 lightning rods.
Email me privately for more details if you would like to see it. I can also provide some pictures of the inside.
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919 |
Edited by - quiltee on Feb 02 2013 4:21:00 PM |
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Luanne
Pueblo
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 2:45:05 PM
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Oh I love it! Too bad I live so far away in Colo!
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May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 2:55:41 PM
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I wish someone close to me in Texas would fall in love with it. It is about 1500 sq feet, so a good size.
Anyone?
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919 |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 4:52:19 PM
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Linda----does it have to be moved???????
Beverly Gill
There's no place like home |
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Futters
True Blue Farmgirl
608 Posts
Michelle & Ashley
CA
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 6:57:56 PM
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I don't normally post on threads (except for the swaps), but my heart just stopped. Your pasture house is B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. I know I am going to dream of myself living in it tonight. My fantasy is to have a house like this. I am just swooning over it. Would you mind if I copied the pictures and framed them? It would be an honor to see the inside, if you have pictures of it. Really, I am just swooning over this house as I type. I keep scrolling up and down to take in its beauty. Thank you for sharing.
PS - Unfortnately I live in CA and it takes everything I make to survive here, so I don't think my chance of having a home like this is remotely in my future. :-(
Have a good day!
Michelle & Ashley
Farmgirls #760
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 7:26:37 PM
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Yes, Beverly - it has to be moved. There is quite a bit of acreage near here for sale, if you are interested in moving to Texas. LOL!
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919 |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 8:00:30 PM
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not so fast---I just might have an interested friend-----might.
E-mail me more pictures---also a little about the area that has land.
Beverly
There's no place like home |
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coley
Farmgirl at Heart
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nicole
lawn
tx
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 8:01:06 PM
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ooooh! we would love love love this... but we are 300 miles away in west tx (near Abilene). there is no way we could have it moved that far.
If you HAVE to get rid of it and can't find anyone to take it... although it would be a shame for it to be taken down, you might consider calling the "Texas Tiny House" guys. I don't know if they would be interested, but I DO know they build little houses out of reclaimed materials. we wanted one of those but they are out of our price range!
at least then it would live on as a bunch of small farmhouses :)
EDIT: i have no idea if they pay people for the "reclaimed" building materials they use or not.. we weren't looking at them from that side of the equation... we were just looking to buy one.
http://tinytexashouses.com/
it IS beautiful. i wish we lived near you!!!!
happy tuesday,
coley |
Edited by - coley on Jul 12 2011 8:06:07 PM |
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Christy925
True Blue Farmgirl
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Christy
Midland
Michigan
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 8:06:55 PM
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| Wow....just Wow....what a wonderful find for someone. I live in Mineral Wells, TX. Wish we were up for all the work that will go along with that lovely home. It has great possibilities. |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2011 : 9:02:52 PM
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Thanks, Coley. I looked at their website. This wood would be PERFECT for this use. BUT I would only do this if I cannot find someone who wants this house to fix up and live in. This house has such character, I'd hate to tear it apart.
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919 |
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
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Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 03:24:30 AM
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I hope my friend is interested----I would love love love to help her renovate.........it is such a wonderful farm house.
Beverly
There's no place like home |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3340 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3340 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 8:41:43 PM
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Is the home located in Richardson? --OH! Lone Oak? I was born in Sherman Texas not to far from there. Wow, it is a "classic" example of an East Texas circa 1900 farm home...She must have been a real beauty back in the day.
May I ask what is the history behind this lovely home?
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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Edited by - melody on Jul 13 2011 8:46:09 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 9:00:13 PM
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From what I understand, it is from 1901 and first belonged to the George Hunt family. It has been moved twice - once from across the street in back of my property to the pasture directly across from where it was, and the second time from that pasture directly to my pasture. I know - confusing. LOL! It s solid hardwood floors and ship lap hardwood inside. To me it is very beautiful and very solid. I WISH there was a farmgirl who lived close enough to move it and fix it up. A friend just asked me tonight about it and he is checking to see about the costs of moving it - he lives about 1-1/2 to 2 miles away. That's about all I know so far.
The house I am in is from around the same time period and was fixed up before I bought it. I LOVE it!
Linda O
quiltee
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
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PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 10:24:35 PM
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Linda...that is such a cool old House...I see all kinds of great LIFE still in that place. I wish I lived close to you but I am
out in the Pacific Northwest. What Charm that house has...and the history of it probably lends years of stories and character to it.
I love it just the way it is...Shabby Chic in all it's glory!
Hope you find a taker so she doesn't have to be torn down. That would be such a shame.
blessings,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
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When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be happy, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 10:39:38 PM
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I'm with you, Peggy. If only the walls could talk! I'd leave the shipslap walls as is only seal them with something. I love the wood look inside - almost like a cabin. And the insulation in the walls that we can see is - get this - raw cotton! Each room has a gas jet coming out of the floor - so they had a heater in each room. A beautiful farmhouse.
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919 |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 04:58:00 AM
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Linda, I have not heard back from my friend yet-----I so hope you can find someone too. This house ---it is so charming it could've been the house where that story Under the bridges of------forget the rest but this could easily be that. .....by the way my husband says when it gets hot in Texas its a dry heat....is that true???? Doesn't it ever get humid?
Beverly
There's no place like home |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 05:25:57 AM
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Texas used to have a dry heat but since el nino several years ago, we do get humidity now. It has been over 100 degrees for over 12 days now - YUCK!
Linda O
quiltee
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TansyShy
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Joanna
Wasilla
AK
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 3:14:04 PM
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Oh how I miss seeing the Victorian farm houses. That is the one thing I really miss about living in the midwest. I havent seen too many Victorian anything up here in the Mat Su Valley in Alaska. *pouts*.
Farm girl Sister #907
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 8:00:00 PM
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Christy925
True Blue Farmgirl
476 Posts
Christy
Midland
Michigan
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 8:17:05 PM
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Originally posted by quiltee
From what I understand, it is from 1901 and first belonged to the George Hunt family. It has been moved twice - once from across the street in back of my property to the pasture directly across from where it was, and the second time from that pasture directly to my pasture. I know - confusing. LOL! It s solid hardwood floors and ship lap hardwood inside. To me it is very beautiful and very solid. I WISH there was a farmgirl who lived close enough to move it and fix it up. A friend just asked me tonight about it and he is checking to see about the costs of moving it - he lives about 1-1/2 to 2 miles away. That's about all I know so far.
The house I am in is from around the same time period and was fixed up before I bought it. I LOVE it!
Linda O
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3340 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3340 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 8:24:09 PM
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Christy....GET OUT! Really??
I was born in Texas and grew up in the Air Force so we have lived EVERYWHERE. Michigan is where my father decided to "retire" after 20-years in the service to be near his father who was quite old at the time. So that is how I ended up in Michigan! Very nice to meet you Christy!!
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 8:31:45 PM
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Well Linda, guess the answer is no from my friend---she sent me 33 farming magazines----no note or anything....guess she's telling me in a round about way that she has given up dreaming.
So sorry.....wish I could have it.
Beverly
There's no place like home |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7728 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7728 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2011 : 06:11:53 AM
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Me, too - PLEASE! Someone love this house! I love it, but I don't need TWO! I have a couple more local interested, but so far - no go!
Linda O
quiltee
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FREE 1900s Farmhouse - Lone Oak, TX (eastTexas)
