We had a lovely evening. After work, my DH and I picked up our friend who is loving away from her soon-to-be-demolished log cabin. A realtor friend let us tour a house that's for sale in Marietta that was built in 1840. It's on a 4-5 acre lot---a 3 story house, with the first floor being rock, so the walls are very thick. The second floor has 14 foot ceilings and the 3rd floor, 8. It is in remarkable condition for its age but still needs lots of work.
There are lots of outbuildings, 2 or 3 made of rock and the rest are of wood. A wellhouse, a chicken house, a horse barn, etc. It was once a large farm but was sold to developers, who, to their credit, saved this house and enough land to give it context. My friend loved it, but it's probably more work than she's up for. The price is abour 500K. Any handyman out there who want to buy a farm?