Not the original home, but located on the ordinal property settled by Christian Reesor (1747-1806) and his wife Fanny Reiff (1751-1818). They were born in Pennsylvania and emigrated to Canada in 1804.
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The Reesor clan became prominent and still are to this day in Markham, Ontario. I'm almost sure the lot still belongs to them. Urban sprawl is catching up to this old home and I don't expect it to be left standing much longer.
It is almost falling to pieces indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou have so much space in your country that a building more or less doesn't matter. Here in the netherlands it immediately must make place for something else. No ground waste here.
ReplyDeleteit certainly looks forlorn in this landscape!
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder why it was allowed to remain standing in this condition for so long. If it belongs to a prominent family, I'd think they wouldn't want such a dilapidated structure attached to their name. These situations are always so curious.
ReplyDeletesad isn't it the way urban sprawl catches up with everything. i watched a documentary recently on this great old plantation house in north carolina. the home had been in the same family since it was built and now development has surrounded the poor thing so they moved it to a more rural location.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of this neglected house. I think it is sad seeing homes just deteriorating. They should be repaired and taken down.
ReplyDeleteOld buildings make fascinating photo opportunities. I love finding the little out of the way places in southern Utah to photograph the remnants of by gone times. Glad you found my photography blog and I'm glad I found yours. I'll be back.
ReplyDeleteIf the developers don't get it, old age will. Usually old houses like this aren't left so it's interesting to see something like this.
ReplyDeleteHow sad it is that urban sprawl soon invades everything. I wonder if the family will find a way to preserve some aspect of their early history and home?
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't make way for something new it looks as if nature will take over and finish it off.
ReplyDeleteI'm always intrigued by abandoned buildings like this - I wonder what stories they would tell.
ReplyDeleteMe too Al. I tried to search this place on the internet but found very little about it.
DeleteI think this one is beyond restoration.
ReplyDeleteThis one is a goner.
ReplyDeleteYou are a history detective too. Document all your area's history and promote it. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteLove what you get Inspector Andy always an interest. I do catch up with you some time.
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