Looking for a 1920 or later home

Trying to stay between Van wert and Dunkirk Ohio .

Well, I'm not in OH, but I'll show a few more pic anyway. The furnaces sit in the partial basement, which is brick-lined. They made their brick on-site. There's an old wood furnace down there, and a 6 yr old gas furnace right beside it. HVAC guy told me he could make it and/or for about $300, but I've never done it.

I've got 10' ceilings down'stairs and 8' upstairs. It is insulated.


The barn has an old milking parlor on the left side, and a tramp shed to the south. The corn crib and tramp shed is to the right in the picture.

This is the old detached garage after we re-sided it with metal. This is a back view.


This is the barn after I had it painted. I think I liked the red better.

I keep bee hives in the little bin, which has a concrete floor.

Sorry, too far west for me, I don't know that area.

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Are you looking to relocate to the lower 48?

Here are some more pics.

The back of the house....This is a 2 yr old picture. I haven't done anything to or for the little summer house yet. I've changed the breezeway to the attached garage. It now sports a sliding glass door to the south, and a new concrete floor. I intend to put metal on the garage to match the house.

There's alson a new deck to the left now.

Here's a picture of the parlor. That's a functional fireplace. It has a gas log in it right now. Those are wooden columns on the sides.


Downstairs foyer looking toward the kitchen. The half bath is under the stairs.


Upstairs hallway looking toward the balconey.


Upstairs bath.


One of the three upstairs bedrooms. Here, we are using it as a TV room.


Downstairs master bath.


OK, I'm finished boring you now.

Don't worry about boring us . Some how my mother got me to love older homes. Must of been all those Little house on the Prairie books.

You can check anywhere along Rt 30 in western to central PA. Once you get past Downingtown you start running into the outskirts of Phila.

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I would guess they are talking about US 30, not Interstate 30 which is a lot further south. Paul's dad was an International implement dealer in Shabbona, IL right on Route 30 as they call it. It was a major east-west highway before Interstate 80 came along.

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If you have a day or so to go out looking- This weekend is the Lincoln Way garage sales- garage sales all the way from IN to PA! two birds with one stone...maybe some good deals and also check out any houses for sale!

Judy, I really like your barn I wish mine was still standing

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Drew,

The area you are looking at is prime farmland. Farmhouses in that area will probably be rare as hen's teeth. Those farms are passed from generation to generation or bought by the big time farmers. The brick farmhouses were built by German immigrants. There are many in our area. Try looking for auctions, though. I live a county northeast of that area.

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Be aware that some old houses may have been built with abestos. We found out the hard way..found a house here that was built in the early 1900's and dirt cheap ($40k) and had 7 bedrooms and things of that sort. Needs working on until we found out why it was cheap. Decided not to buy it.....bummer.

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They have recently made Hwy 30 4 lanes now through most of Iowa which for the most part I believe was or is called still the 34th Infantry (Redbull) Memorial highway here in these parts. They were a famous division of Iowans in WWII . Seen some of those old beautiful McMansions with the old wooden barns were torn down or at the very least jacked up and moved. As they go so do I.....

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I don't know if i would call the house torn down around here McMansion. But , several older home were destroyed here in Ohio when the expanded US 30 .

Mother Earth had a nice article on Pararie style homes . Now if their was a way to filter my search for pararie homes.

Judy, my wife and I are indeed retiring to the lower 48 and though we are primarily looking at Missouri we are keeping our eyes and minds open.

I was born in Ohio and spent my summers in Michigan and have decided to return to the mid-west.

FYI.

A lot of the original "Lincoln Highway" in the U.S., is no longer designated as US Highway 30.

Much of US30 has been moved to four lane, at least in the eastern half of the country.

What's left of old US30, a lot of which is quite scenic, with the old motels, stores and farmhouses, etc., is often referred to and mapped as "Lincolnway"

Asbestos was not banned from use in homes until 1989. Hard to find any old house that does not contain at least some.

The whole asbestos fear is overblown anyway, IMO. (used to work in a plant, that made friction materials from it.) Just use good PPE (personal protection equipment) and proper disposal.

I do realize that some areas are very strict about who, how, when, does the asbestos removal, but there may be ways do to it less expensive, than bringing in the pros.

Many areas require asbestos disclosure when selling, meaning nearly every house will be disclosing the precence of it. Should not be a deal breaker, IMO.

Well, I don't know if it would suit you, but if we could sell out at what we have in it and not pay a realtor, $190K would be the figure.

It's on the edge of town, so you can walk to the little grocery store or hardware. There's a dentist in town, and a good mechanic that I use to the south. There's a guy with a tire business that fixes flats for $4! This town has a real sense of community. I will miss that. But Hubby wants to farm!

It's about 12 minutes to Crawfordsville, and if you need to go to Indy, it's about 50 minutes to the airport area. ( I used to commute)

We're not in a big hurry. THIS is my next house.

The Dunkirk area is CHEAP, cheap, cheap!!!! You might drive over there and nose around. I almost bought some land there a couple/three years ago... I think it was 6 acres for maybe 18K? Resale isn't too good, though, because the town/area is known as being...um...cheap.

I agree . I found 9 acres with a house and barn for 137,000 for sale this week .