If walls could talk
Sometimes there is a history behind the abandonment, but mostly these large beautiful homes are abandoned for reasons we may never know or understand.
Sabra Walker walked down this staircase when she married Charles Barbour in 1937. She was met by her father at end of staircase and he walked her into the grand living room for the ceremony.
You never know what you will find behind those boarded up windows and doors.
Abandoned Artwork
(Destroyed by vandals)
And the music stopped
This is one of many pieces of artwork by Anne Ophelia Dowden, she was a renowned and popular botanical artist.
Abandoned Grist Mill
Built in 1901
There is something about old abandoned homes that make us all a little curious, maybe its the unknown or maybe its just the appearance.
Sometimes there is a history behind the abandonment, but mostly these large beautiful homes are abandoned for reasons we may never know or understand, but maybe that is part of the mystery that intrigues us.
Beyond its weathered skin and within the depth of it's heart, lingers the souls of the people that once were born, lived and died within its walls.