On the farm, Lindsay Byrd Dickinson and his wife Susan, raised 8 children, 6 girls and 2 boys. We spent a month on the farm every
summer as a child and it was a magical place for us. Granddaddy sold it when I was a mid teenager and built the brick home
below. We considered this house and farm to be huge. I had not seen it since 1960, but was able to drive right up to it. It was very
depressing as it had not been kept up and was about to fall down. The area has been bought for development. What we used to
call the bone yard (where dead cows were taken), is now a gated community. The house is empty and looks like it has been
abandoned for years. Part of the property is to be preserved as a Civil War preservation area.
summer as a child and it was a magical place for us. Granddaddy sold it when I was a mid teenager and built the brick home
below. We considered this house and farm to be huge. I had not seen it since 1960, but was able to drive right up to it. It was very
depressing as it had not been kept up and was about to fall down. The area has been bought for development. What we used to
call the bone yard (where dead cows were taken), is now a gated community. The house is empty and looks like it has been
abandoned for years. Part of the property is to be preserved as a Civil War preservation area.
Dickinson Family Farm
Front of house looked very bad. Windows covered over and abounded,
Front yard cut in half for Route 3 expansion.
Smoke house and shed. The ice house was underground in front of
them.
them.
Field to the West of house. Always used to grow corn or wheat or hay.
The same man (Mullens) now owns over a mile along this stretch.
The same man (Mullens) now owns over a mile along this stretch.
Looking from house down East toward school. Hay being cut that day,
Nearly same shot before hay cut. Man cutting hay gave us permission to
look around.
look around.
Tractor storage shed and chicken house covered with tin.
My Mother and Father "sparked" on this porch in the 1930's