Old Folks Home

Very early image of the Old Folks Home - unknown date, and poor quality

Home in early 1900's with residents out front. The hedge in the foreground leads south about 200 yards to Pleasant View Church.

Early view looking south from Old Folks Home to Pleasant View Church. The Pleasant View Cemetery is beyond the church.

3 story brick addition added to west side of Old Folks Home, built in 1920. Note the cornerstone on lower right front corner.

Cornerstone from brick addition of Old Folks Home. This block was kept by Roger Hornbaker when he remodeled the Old Folks Home into our family farm house.

Cornerstone from brick addition of Old Folks Home. This block was kept by Roger Hornbaker when he remodeled the Old Folks Home into our family farm house. The dates signify that the home had been in operation from 1890 - 1920 up to that point

Residents of the Old Folks Home on porch. Unknown date - perhaps 1910 - 1925.

Early photo of residents of the home. Unknown date.

1928 photo of residents of the Old Folks Home

Working the fields near the Old Folks Home. The home had over 100 acres of land to grow crops and large gardens for vegetables and fruit. It also had hundreds of chickens and milk cows along with beef that could be butchered.