Crosstown Abandoned Home

    Found this very cool abandoned home today just outside the town of Crosstown Missouri. Last year Crosstown had an F4 rated tornado basically wipe the town off the map. I think some of the metal roof that is curled up here is probably from that storm. Although there were ~60 homes destroyed nobody died. The local fair was going that evening and most residents were at the fair thankfully.

    ***3-30-11 Update I was told that this home has now since been demolished.

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      greken1, Gr8ful Dad, LCHN, certified su, and 48 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Serrator (67 months ago | reply)

      Opposite view:
      -- from Serrator - (?)

    3. kellyandboysx4 (67 months ago | reply)

      It would of been a lovely home in its day great shots.

    4. ~melanie~ (67 months ago | reply)

      Oh, I love this house!!! The kind of scallopped siding/shingles right
      beneath the roof -- there's a house on my page that has that,
      and I'm trying to figure out when that style was popular, to give me
      an idea of when the house was built. Funny, the house on
      my page was hit by tornados too, twice! Obviously these are tough
      houses or they wouldn't even still be standing. Wonder why
      they just go to waste like this.... =o(

      Seen in:Rural Decay

    5. grammyandpoppyk (67 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful capture and beautiful old home,
      Someone should be living in it!

    6. kuddlyteddybear2004 (67 months ago | reply)

      Damn... I wonder how much it would cost to have this house moved to Ohio? It needs some loving occupants...

    7. ShutterSam & DigiNee (67 months ago | reply)

      This is so marvelous . . . great find.

    8. Gr8ful Dad (67 months ago | reply)

      again,a great catch.sharp color and blue,blue skyes

    9. Sunshine-in-the-hills (67 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful!

    10. mrm32001 (67 months ago | reply)

      Looks like a place I saw on my way to shoot a wedding last weekend. Nice photo.

    11. certified su (66 months ago | reply)

      I want to live here!

    12. birdtoes (66 months ago | reply)

      Very good photo!

      --
      Seen in a discussion of Photoshop Contest. (?)

    13. localozarkian (66 months ago | reply)

      beautiful picture!

    14. KLF CAPTURES (66 months ago | reply)

      wow nice photo

    15. Spherical Me (65 months ago | reply)

      What a cool house, so sad that once it was someone's dream and now is decayed and ruined!

    16. forevermarriedtohim (65 months ago | reply)

      I can imagine some of the antique bottles or old tools at the bottom of its well / cistern. Great thought provoking shot - I bet the kids had a swing on one of those trees! I can even hear the cows & chickens! Very nice !

    17. spookyfoto (65 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Decayed yet Hauntingly Beautiful, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    18. The.Navigator (63 months ago | reply)

      Great no one was killed. Beautiful house!

      I'm an admin for a group called Beautifully Ruined, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    19. sorrowlikesmiles (62 months ago | reply)

      Holy cow.. what a beautiful house. Such a shame.

    20. _Nia_ (60 months ago | reply)

      Wow.. such a great house!

      I wish you could share your lovely photo in Home&Living!
      www.flickr.com/groups/homeandliving/

      Thank you!

    21. hippymummy17467 (60 months ago | reply)

      How i wish that i could live in a house the size of this. it's just so beautiful, what character! I wish english houses were like this instead of postage stamp sized. someone should give it some love and fill it full of kids and dogs. i wonder if it's as decrepid as it looks? to withstand a tornado is no mean feat surely? Stunning xXx

    22. Cameron Corner (54 months ago | reply)

      Gosh I would love to see inside this beauty. Gorgeous photo.

    23. the golden boy1 (45 months ago | reply)

      i grew up in crosstown,Mo i had some good times.i worked at the mouldenhaur Mill iworked fpr different farmers.such as Earl farrar store i would love to live their again i had a lots of play pals Garrises-bohnerts williams.i wonder what happen to all of them.

    24. rosett1951 (43 months ago | reply)

      I grew up in a house that looks eerily similar to that one. It was called The Old Ledbetter Place. The one difference is that a chimney stood on the outside, around the corner from the front porch. It was a magical place to live and grow up. I was told by the owners family that it was built during the years before the civil war. It had large, hand hewn square logs as the framework and was nailed with square, handmade looking nails. I suppose that is why they are still standing through the storms and tornados that are prevalent in Missouri and Arkansas. Our house was in the small town of Elkins, Arkansas. Unfortunately it burned to the ground several years after we built our new home just across the back field. How I wish I had a picture of it now!

    25. Glenda Morelock/ Spring in Tennessee (38 months ago | reply)

      I grew up in Missouri! This is Beautiful... reminds me of my childhood home in Leslie, Missouri.

    26. say.today (35 months ago | reply)

      This is beautiful! Do you know if it's still standing? I took this shot www.flickr.com/photos/atticgirl/4461924607/in /set-7215762... of this house a couple of months ago, and now, for the life of me, I cannot find that house! & it's definately not easy to overlook :)

    27. This photo was invited and added to the Geotagged: Missouri group.

    28. This photo was invited and added to the Decayed yet Hauntingly Beautiful group.

    29. This photo was invited and added to the Once was home group.

    30. Rodney Harvey (9 months ago | reply)

      Too bad about its demise.

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