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Originally Posted by mass A man
Almost identical to my house's construction, which was built in 1879 but many pieces were taken from a tear-down somewhere, near here I imagine, that date as far back to Pre-Revolution times. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead (1678) is near my house, she was hanged for being one of Satan's disciples on July 19, 1692. Her house was built with the lumber from a tear down from 1630.
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There are some re-used pieces in the house, in the basement several pieces of floor joist have plaster lines on them, that basement was NOT plastered.
The town had running water starting in I think 1881. My bets are the house was built sometime in the 1880s but I'd like to know when for sure.
One thing that bothers me, and maybe it shouldn't is there are a lot of houses in the area which are rented out to people. They get beaten to death and get ZERO maintenance.