For the benefit of my new followers, I enjoy combining two of my favorite hobbies - motorcycling and photography. I have been chronicling the steady decline into oblivion of this once great farmhouse for years. With my LX3 tucked away safely onboard, I took the Yamaha to visit the farmhouse for the first time this year.
I met the caretaker at this visit - he told me the farmhouse was built in 1910 and the Bates family lived in it for many decades. There is a road nearby named Batesville Road, after this family.
I hope it wasn't Norman Bates (of Psycho fame)!! How sad, it looked like it once was a charming home. I enjoyed looking at your other photos and see it has a tin roof. Reminds me of some of my old foreclosures when in real estate, but someone eventually came in and restored them or the city/county would deem them unsafe and have it torn down. Sure would be interested to know why this one is just left to rot.
Looking back I can see the weathering. And I agree with Carole. When you said Bates all I could think of was Psycho. I'll never understand with the amount of homeless in our country, why someone doesn't take over before it is too late and make these places habitable
Fading fast! I guess the caretaker looks after the land rather than the house. (And the name Bates conjured up thoughts of a horror film... maybe people are frightened off by the name!)
You can certainly see the changes over time through your shots. At least it lives on for a while through your lovely pics. We have many abandoned farmhouses here that need chronicling. Must get on to it.
