Other images capture buildings in far worse states of repair, from the crumbling ceiling in a once-grand piano room, to a rotting table and chairs in an abandoned farmhouse.

“The Kouwenhoven Farmhouse, the house that my great grandparents occupied from about ... A Brownstoner reader sent in never-before-published family photos and stories of life on the farm circa 1900, ...

DeWitt and Jean Paul bought a 31-acre abandoned farm in Pennsylvania in 2018 and moved from Nevada. The property has a main house, a small house, and three barns — all of which they are renovating.

“I lived in this house that’s being moved so it’s a pretty surreal experience,” Lena Young said as she watched the historic farmhouse her family moved out of some years back travel south ...