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 barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
 |  |  | 1940s House on the River
< on 3/25/2011 2:38 AM >
|  | | | This was the first abandonment I explored, in November 09.
Patterned rug in the entranceway.
Mickey is getting ready for his exercises.
Kitchen.
60 year old dishrag. It was almost veil-like.
Mummified rat.
Straw mattress with kitty.
Quilt on the bed.
Nice view.
Creepy fucking basement.
The premise for the exploration was so my friend, an art student, could use me as a model for a photo project. I wore my wedding dress and was supposed to be the jilted bride of a Confederate soldier. It wound up being a Trash The Dress type thing because I got snagged on everydamnthing while wandering around taking photos. Worth it!
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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Avius
   
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
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<Reply # 2 on 3/25/2011 3:36 AM >
| | | | Fantastic set. I love old houses that still have a bit of character left in them. Kudos for risking your wedding dress for the cause.
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jeepdave
    
Location: Anderson, SC
Gender: Male
It's also a gun.
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<Reply # 3 on 3/25/2011 3:41 AM >
| | | | I want to move in tomorrow. Its a pretty epic house. I really like it.
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Drake
Location: Knoxville Tn
Gender: Male
2cute2poot
| | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 4 on 3/25/2011 12:42 PM >
| | | | I always have to wonder what happened to places like this. Why did they leave? ect. Especially since it appears that nobody has lived there in more than half a century. I am also always intrigued by the items that people leave behind. Like, why did they leave these things in particular? Just musing...
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-Erebus-
Location: Bradford West Gwillimbury
Gender: Male
BBM: 21ED42EC
| | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 5 on 3/25/2011 1:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by Drake
I always have to wonder what happened to places like this. Why did they leave? ect. Especially since it appears that nobody has lived there in more than half a century. I am also always intrigued by the items that people leave behind. Like, why did they leave these things in particular? Just musing...
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Yeah like the "stiff kitty" mattress... Who would leave that behind? 
Great place!
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 6 on 3/25/2011 1:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by Drake
I always have to wonder what happened to places like this. Why did they leave? ect. Especially since it appears that nobody has lived there in more than half a century. I am also always intrigued by the items that people leave behind. Like, why did they leave these things in particular? Just musing...
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I wonder the same thing. Most of the stuff was pretty disintegrated and/or buried under leaves and debris, but it seems they left a lot of things behind. The quilt was what made me most sad. As someone who has taken the time to make a quilt, I was surprised to see one just left to rot on the floor like that.
Nevertheless, all the objects did serve to make a neat little time capsule of sorts. As I walked around I could easily imagine the type of people who lived there. Humble people with modest possessions (there was no electricity or plumbing), yet took pride in their home and made it cozy.
The broken bowl made me sad too. It must've been very pretty. There were bits of busted furniture scattered among the debris and all the windows are broken, so I'm guessing whoever scratched "Jim Bob was here 1960" on the kitchen wall (I took a photo but you couldn't see the carving) smashed up the place and broke the bowl too. Damn vandals.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 7 on 3/25/2011 2:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by jeepdave
I want to move in tomorrow. Its a pretty epic house. I really like it.
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It was amazingly sound for being so old. I've been in other abandonments not even as old as this one and they were so badly decayed you could hardly walk around. But as evidenced by the huge crack in the foundation it must've settled in a very bad way. I'm guessing the only reason it hasn't been torn down is because it's teetering on the edge of the river on one side and has a busy highway right up against the other side. There'd be no way to demolish it without either falling in the water or blocking the road.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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becckeez
Location: 804
Gender: Female
trippin.
| | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 8 on 3/25/2011 4:48 PM >
| | | | beautiful stuff. and yay for more virginian explorers 
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never_sleep
Location: Foothills of NC
Gender: Male
(LURKING)
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 9 on 3/25/2011 8:19 PM >
| | | | Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking photos.
As much as I love hospitals, businesses, and forts, these are the kinds of places I really work to find.
I know a lot of the places like this in my area that turn up are homes that were abandoned when an old couple died childless.
Maybe they couldn't have children.
Maybe they lost the ones they had in war.
If this place as empty in '60, and the paper's dated '49, then whoever was here was probably already old in '49. The fact there's no plumbing or electricity speaks to that- the house is pre-electric, which means the people were too.
Whatever the reason, it's probably a sad one. Such is UE.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 10 on 3/26/2011 2:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by never_sleep
Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking photos.
As much as I love hospitals, businesses, and forts, these are the kinds of places I really work to find.
I know a lot of the places like this in my area that turn up are homes that were abandoned when an old couple died childless.
Maybe they couldn't have children.
Maybe they lost the ones they had in war.
If this place as empty in '60, and the paper's dated '49, then whoever was here was probably already old in '49. The fact there's no plumbing or electricity speaks to that- the house is pre-electric, which means the people were too.
Whatever the reason, it's probably a sad one. Such is UE.
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I love houses most too. I do love asylums and schools, but they are lot harder to come by than your average house. Houses seem to contain so much more mystery and stories. With a hospital, it's more along the lines of "they built a new one and left this one here." Not very inspiring!
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 11 on 3/26/2011 2:19 PM >
| | | | Here are a few more photos from that day. I didn't want to dump a huge pile of mediocre photos so I picked my favorite ones for the OP, however there are a lot more and since people said they found the left behind objects to be sad, here are some of the rest.
One lone hanger...
...and the coat that fell off of it.
Shoe in the oven. Surreal!
Tea and sundries. I think there was another animal carcass in this photo, but now I can't find it.
Another shoe! Seems there are always single shoes. I could've tried to find its mate amidst the shin-deep piles of leaves and debris, but did not want to accidentally grab any more dead animals.
Stairs. you can see how the house was put together out of lots of different piecemeal bits of lumber. Yet very sturdy and still standing strong.Also in this photo is one of the very few bits of evidence of modern times: a crushed Red Bull can. Makes me wonder if the one person who'd smashed up the place years ago had never gotten in, if it would all still be intact and right where this family left everything.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 12 on 3/27/2011 5:19 AM >
| | | | I really don't believe "one person" smashed it up. Places like this reach their current condition through years of people goofing around. It's evident that not too many have found it, however. I didn't see any graf in this very enjoyable set.
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Big Poppa G
Location: Newport "FREAKIN" News VA
Gender: Male
Just a Naggity-ASS!
| |  | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 13 on 3/28/2011 10:37 AM >
| | | | I love when there is no graffiti in a house this old. It give it that...we just moved out and this is how nature has taken over look.
Great pics of the place. Can't wait to see your next adventure.
ROCKS? I don't see no stinkin ROCKS! |
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MustangGina
Location: Somewhere in the wilds of SC
Gender: Female
Who? Me? I didn't do it. You can't prove a thing!
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<Reply # 14 on 3/29/2011 3:52 PM >
| | | | Nice set! I love old homes. The quilt kind of gets me too. I come from a long line of quilters and know the amount of time and caring that goes into making one. Love the "Trash The Dress" photo too!
MustangGina
Camera Goddess
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DevilC
Location: Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 15 on 3/30/2011 8:10 PM >
| | | | Abandoned houses are cool.
Science flies you to the Moon. Religion flies you into tall buildings. |
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elkinstatehospital
Location: VA-WV
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: 1940s House on the River
<Reply # 16 on 4/2/2011 9:35 PM >
| | | | Nice pictures! That's something that seems to hit home more when you investigate a house opposed to an old factory or a hospital. A family lived here once and are now gone. Reminds me of an area on property owned by a local resort now; there's a whole small community out abandoned in the woods. Houses, a barn, power lines to buildings that aren't there any more.
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