According to Snohomish County records, this little house at Goebel Hill Farm was built in 1924. Sadly, it was so far gone when we became its owner that it was not restorable. So sweet, so cute…so unsafe – it was scary!

1924 House
When it rained, water poured through the roof. One entire side of the house was missing and covered with tarps.
The tarps had been there so long they were unraveling and birds were lacing the strings through their nests!
When we removed the tarps and exposed the side with the missing wall the house reminded me of a giant dollhouse..well..kinda. You see why we had to take it down.
Being the thrifty souls that we are, my husband and I dismantled the house ourselves piece by piece. It took us about three weeks to carefully remove every salvageable piece of lumber, siding, and architectural element we thought we may be able to re-purpose later. When we crawled up the narrow staircase to the second floor to salvage flooring for the barn loft, my heart skipped a beat! Out under the eave were several forgotten canning jars someone had stored in the attic many, many years before. Everything was thick with moss and debris.

This is where we found the Canning Jars! See them there in the attic?
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