The Family Reunion's Field Trip

Gene and Colleen with some of the woodwork taken from the old house (with permission).  What a nice memento.  

The field trip begins. 

Note the front porch - Dave was told that instead of rebar to reinforce the concrete, Os Low used railroad iron.  That porch hasn't moved a bit - it's still tight against the house and the steps show no sign of separating.  I wonder where the front sidewalk went (the one we see in the 1905 photo).

Gene, Garth, Dave, Kaylene and Colleen learn about the house.

Dave, Marilyn and Ron in the front parlor.

Gene remembered his father's casket being in front of that east window during his viewing in 1939.   In the 1905 photo you can see Molly Low looking out that door.

The door to the cellar off the original west kitchen.  The stove was behind us on the inside wall.

Looking down the cellar stairs. 

In the cellar - a good view of the rock foundation and plumbing added after World War II.

Gene describes how the front room fireplace smoked and was rarely used.

Andrea, Kaylene and Kathy listen.  The yellow room is the bathroom which was divided off the original kitchen.  The kitchen was moved to the original master bedroom and a door was cut out the west wall and a wooden porch added after the family  sold the house.