An Old House In The 1900's

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When you hear the words “Farm House” what do you think of? An old house in the middle of nowhere that is now abandoned? A house that was foreclosed in the 1900’s? A 75 year old house that generations of the same family have been renting and living in for the past 50 years? Do you think about a two story house that is falling to shreds and has been infested with bugs? Well, when I hear the words “Farm House” I think of the house where my grandfather were raised in.
This house, according to my grandfather, is about 86-96 years old. My grandfather and his 3 sisters grew up in this very house, but this house came from a Sears catalog. My grandfather says that it came on a trailer in a ginormous cardboard box apparently.
This house is ivy

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