I signed a lease for the house pictured below as a place to live when I graduate next month and look for a career.

 

It used to be a two-room school house, with the garage still having the original wood floors and a chalk board. Next door is an abandoned church/chapel. The back yard includes the remnants of the Hocking Canal, the former Col. & O. railroad (now the Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad www.HVSRy.org), and the Hocking River. The property extends to the hills and a soy bean farmer rents a portion of the property.

 

1932 map of property and canal

 

The house is located right on US 33 in Hocking County, between Haydenville and Nelsonville.

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Front of house from across Route 33

 

Ruins of church next door

 

Side of house

 

Overview of back yard, with ruins of church, and rear addition to house

 

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, with ties as platfroms for annual Easter Train

 

Soy bean farm and Hocking River beyond the tracks

 

Beyond the track again, to the right is a clearing with a spot for fishing and campfire

 

View from the back porch

 

Driveway over the tracks

 

Close up of front porch with antique benches

 

I'll be moving in March so I'll get some pictures of the inside details soon.

 

 

Congrats!  I invision one grand entry and some ultra fab landscapping with lighting.  A tier pergola on the right side of the house.  I'm all excited.

Talk about a change in scenery! 

Nice, have you gone inside the abandoned church?

Where's the Starbucks? ;)

I look inside the church, most of the wood floor was caved in, with remnants of the alter/podium still present. It is cleaner then you would expect, mostly dust, on the inside. There looked to be a table with old antiques/paint can, but I'm going to wait until someone else is with me to venture inside. The building looks very unstable and has tree branches growing through the roof, but appears to have very little human damage since it became abandoned.

When do the trains come through? I'd be really annoyed if it was 4 in the morning. Nice house though.

They only run twice in the afternoon on weekends + Memorial & Labor Days

Nice! Attractive property in a gorgeous setting, should be splendid in the warm seasons and especially so in fall. I'll expect some train photos when the season opens. :-)

 

My dad's ancestors settled in the Nelsonville area some time before the Civil War, before some of them split off and headed for Indiana. I don't know if any of them are still in the area.