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Grammy and
Her "New" Farm House
and Farm in the Mid-1930's |
A basement was put under our small
farm house during the fall of 1950. I do not know whose idea that was but we
certainly needed the space. It was quite a process for our little old house
built in 1867 by Peter Woodson, the original homesteader of our land.
The house was raised on concrete
blocks and tall blue house jacks. After the dirt underneath was dug out, new
concrete block walls were built with a number of glass block windows on the
four sides to let in some light. Lastly, the house was lowered carefully onto
the new basement walls after the mortar had dried.
