Four Early Homes

 

By Di Anne Olson

 

             There are four old and interesting homes located in this town.  They are the A.D. Appletree Barnes, Chas. Churchill, John W. Evans and A.M. Penney homes.  They were all built between the years of 1870 and 1880.

            First I’ll start with the A.D. Appletree Barnes home.  It was built about 1888.  It is located on Churchill Street or Highway 10.  It is presently owned by the Pennebecker family.  The old Barnes home is not lived in at present but is used for a storehouse.

            My second home is the Chas. Churchill home.  It was built between 1870 and 1880 by Leary.  It is presently owned by the Pennebecker family.  This house is located across from the A.D. Appletree Barnes home on Churchill Street or Highway 10.

            As we ride toward town on Churchill Street we come upon another old home.  Now it is the office of the “Cary Manufacturing Company.”  First the home was owned by John W. Evans.  It is located on the corner of Churchill and Evans Street.  Evans was the owner of the “Evans Woolen Mills” which is now the present “Cary Manufacturing Plant.”

            My fourth and last residence is that of the Adelbert M. Penney home.  This home was built in the 1880’s.  It is located on South Main Street.  It is presently owned by the Pott’s family.

            All these homes look much as they did when they were first built.  Maybe they have a new paint job but the structure is much the same.