Thank you all for the warm welcomes!
Don M,...... Thank you for the information!! I was wondering about everything you stated!! The floor in the dinning room is not original however, I am pretty sure the original hardwood floors are underneath that floor!
I went to the local museum and got to know the curator there. I asked her if she had any old photos of old houses in town. She said she did but there was no order to the photos and she stated that she only knew of the larger historic homes in town being in the photos. She then told me I could take a look anyway and see what I find.
Low and behold, I found an old picture of the house that was taken between 1907 and 1911. She was just as amazed as I was. On the picture, which is actually a post card, was the original owners name. She then brought me a book of deaths in the county and we were able to find the husbands death date. She then went and grabbed the original stack of newspapers from that year, 1911. Within mins we found his obituary. I got to read his obit from the original 1911 newspaper while holding it in my very own hands! What a really cool experience I got to enjoy that day!! The curator was having just as much fun as I was that day!
I am even more excited to get to work on this house now that I know part of its history and have an original picture of it!!
And since I have gone on about this picture................. Here it is!! YAY!!!!
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