Hal81 wrote:
Im wonder what was added to what??
The masonary structure is the older. Could be a couple hundred years old.
Appears to be built from broken fieldstones from clearing the land.
The heavy whitewash to seal the masonary walls.
Back never whitewashed, it is the 'back'.
Silicon sealed now from moisture
A farm house? Probably had six over six windows originally. Built in place. Duplicated in the addition (log cabin).
Inside maybe new floor, new walls, electric, plumbing, you get the picture.
Wide salvaged planking is popular for floors, hand nailed, not sanded, rusric, utilitarian.
The log cabin looks to be of salvaged wood, possibly from old buildings, barns and the like in the area.
Not out of the ordinary if your goal is to look 'old, been here forever'.
The gable end looks to be old barn siding.
The cedar shake roof is on purlins.
Someone may have bought an uninhabitible old house and RESTORED it. Rather than remodeling it.
Southern Maryland has this style architecture. St. Mary City and college date back to the Calverts and Lord Baltimore.
After all, it is where colonialism first set roots.
Bill