Recently a very dear friend of ours came out from Arizona to move her parents back out there with them. They lived here in our small town in a home that is 160 years old! They graciously invited us to come take all of the wonderful goodies they were not able to take with them on their trip out west, and list them for the family.
The house had seven bedrooms and three baths. It was very deceiving from the outside appearing to be rather small, but once inside, oh my!
The decor was beautiful. The walls were covered with age-old paper wall paper with each room fashioning a different pattern.
The light fixtures are like none you will find today! Very ornate and breathtaking!
Here is some of the history:
The house had been in the family for over a century. It belonged first to Laura and Albert Rogers. Laura had a sister, Dortha. When Albert passed away, Dortha's daughter, (Laura's niece) Kathryn and her husband came to care for Laura. It is they who are now moving west.
Laura Smith was born in December 1901, the fifth of six children. She was so tiny, she slept in a shoebox near the woodstove. Her family remembers her telling of how a pencil was her very first Christmas present. The family still has this pencil!
She chose to become a school teacher and went to school for this. She was assigned a position in Oquagua Lake where she taught grades 1-12 in a one room schoolhouse.
Her parents owned a boarding house where a gentleman named Albert Rogers would stay when visiting the area to perform his duties as milk inspector. It was there that he and Laura met.
She would tell stories of how he would come visit her at the schoolhouse. They would go outside and hold hands while the students giggled at the windows.
Once married, she and Albert moved into the house described above.
Albert's mother was Addie Rogers. She had three children with Albert Rogers Sr. They were Albert, Harry and Ethel.
The family appeared to have been very close as relics from all were found in the trunks and closets of this wonderful old house.
Harry was a mason who was quite a business man. He owned a local funeral home, a cigar business and a turkey farm.
Their sister Ethel was a nurse for the American Red Cross in WW1. She was assigned to take care of the son of a general who had become ill during battle. Unfortunately, she and another nurse also took ill after contracting the disease from this young man, and all three passed away. She was only in her late 20's. Much of what was found belonged to her and pertained to nursing.
Laura passed away in the Spring of 2000 at the age of 98 1/2! She now rests next to her husband in a cemetary here in Greene.
Come explore the attic and enjoy the treasures she left. She would love for you to carry them on for her!
You will want to bookmark this page as we literally have hundreds and hundreds of items ranging from correspondence, ledgers from the early 1800's, cut glass, stemwear, clothing, stamps, coins, china, tools, linens, pictures, tintypes, wall hangings, books, rolls of paper wallpaper, old appliances, games, etc. most of which are antique or at least vintage. All of her items were stored meticulously.
Enjoy your visit and please, come back often!
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