The house you grew up in

[Jazzy1]

What happened to the childhood home you grew up in?

 

[bill16652]

sold

 

[Aunt Bea]

Gone!

My grandmother’s rambling old farm house fell into such a state of disrepair that my brother allowed the local volunteer fire department to burn it down as part of a training exercise.

The land was eventually sold and a new home was built on it.

 

[Pinky]

We moved so often, there were 5 houses.

 

[Flarbalard]

The house was purchased by the public housing authority about 35 years ago, it's still a single family home.

 

[GoodEnuff]

Torn down and a mansion built on the lot. Other houses in the neighborhood, same thing. It has become an enclave of the rich.

 

[QuietByNature]

Still standing, I'm told substantial renos have been done to the interior. It was a 3 story Victorian built in 1888

 

[katlupe]

I grew up in 3 different houses. One in NY, burned down. Second one in Crescent City, FL, also burned down. Third one in Flagler Beach, FL, was torn down to put in a drug store.

 

[IrishEyes]

My goodness, too many and too often to actually have one stick in my mind.
I think I held my grandparents home more dear than any, I can remember 3 of them
and all are still standing and loving new families.

 

[Imogene]

It was torn down and a new, small single story house built in its place many years later.

My nephew lives in it now. He is the fourth generation to live on that property, which was the small dairy farm my paternal grandparents bought when they came through Ellis Island.

The house never was anything of historical value.

What really upsets me is when my brother told me the ancient bank barn fell down. It takes a lot of money to keep things like this standing. He just didn’t have the money when he was younger, and I didn’t make enough money to help him with it.. By the time he did have the money it was too late to save it.

 

[jujube]

All three are still there, at least last time I checked.

 

[Pepper]

I’m living in it! A 2 bedroom coop apartment which I moved back into about 20 years ago.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

The flat where I was born is still there. 2nd house from 3/4 to 5 years old, looked it up, yes still exists. Third house also still exists.

 

[moviequeen1]

I live 2 blocks away from my childhood home, looks the same from the outside
4 yrs ago the house was for sale, young couple with 2 kids bought it from the woman who bought it from my parents. A couple months later, as I was walking by,I introduced myself to the husband, he invited me in to meet his wife. She was happy to meet me,I saw kitchen,dining room,living room, it basically looked the way I remembered it,with a few changes.

 

[hollydolly]

I lived in many houses .. but the 2 I lived in the longest as a child are not only still standing but looking fine.. and the area is still very upmarket ..and in fact looks very modern still . I think perhaps if anything they look even better

 

[Ronni]

Both homes I grew up in are in Australia. I did a Google Earth search not too long ago g ago, and both houses are still there, still recognizable as the home in which I spent my first 17 years!

 

[MACKTEXAS]

There were so many houses during my growing up years that I can't remember them all. The first house was in an aging subdivision. That entire area was bought out by developers some years ago, and they built a shopping center there.

 

[bowmore]

Still there-The boxwood hedge in the front was replaced with wrought iron fencing, Silly looking red awnings were added over the windows.

 

[officerripley]

I can;t imagine what that would be like, growing up in some house that'd been in the family for generations; sounds like something out of a fairy tale.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

I forgot the address of the 2nd one. Looked on a map from 1975 to see which houses were just built then. It's just a few streets.
Found it.

 

[Michael Z]

Some folks bought the home from my dad at a fairly low price, posing as somewhat poor folks. Then, they pretty much rebuilt the whole place at an expense of several hundred thousand dollars. They had plenty of money. Shown below is the McMansion they made out of the little farmhouse.

 

[JustBonee]

Mine (teen years) was demolished in the name of progress …. business development took over the area.

 

[Pappy]

Last I knew, it was still standing. Although well over 100 years old and was built by my great grandfather. I also heard it is in pretty rough shape.

 

[hollydolly]

It's funny because just a minute ago... a car pulled up across the road, and it was the daughter of the elderly woman who lives there... who she visits every week and brings her shopping.
I was thinking.. that the daughter grew up in that house and she's same age as me... 70... and the mum is 90 at least

 

[IrisSenior]

Torn down and a small 3 or 4 story apt built there. I guess we couldn't afford the house anymore and my mom had to go back to work. This was late 50's. Also I lived there until I was 5 and don't remember much of it. The next place was a 2 bedroom house and I lived there until 1972 when I left to get married the first time.