Elsie Janet Corey Cork was my great-great grandmother. When I was very young I got my hands on a genealogy chart my great-grandmother, Nancy Louise Randall Cork, Elsie's daughter-in-law, had made and was drawn to Elsie. I have been all of my life. When Jack Huffington took us to this house I felt so drawn to it that despite the no trespassing signs I found an open back door and warily went in. It was in sad shape, ceilings falling in, a dead bird in the doorstep and it was lonely! I think houses have a personality and this one wants someone to live in it and be happy again! I wish I'd been brave enough to go deeper than the kitchen and dining room but I wasn't sure of the condition of the floors considering the ceilings were falling in. Of course they were cheap asbestos tile drop ceilings so that doesn't mean that the house was that unstable. I have this thing about family homes. I want to buy up all the family homes and restore them and make them happy again. But I've no money for that and besides how many houses does one person need! It's a fools dream, but I like it!
Elsie lived in this house at the time of her death, August 7, 1923. As was the custom of the time, she died in the house, was laid out in the house and the funeral was held in the house.
Elsie Janet Corey Cork was my great-great grandmother. When I was very young I got my hands on a genealogy chart my great-grandmother, Nancy Louise Randall Cork, Elsie's daughter-in-law, had made and was drawn to Elsie. I have been all of my life. When Jack Huffington took us to this house I felt so drawn to it that despite the no trespassing signs I found an open back door and warily went in. It was in sad shape, ceilings falling in, a dead bird in the doorstep and it was lonely! I think houses have a personality and this one wants someone to live in it and be happy again! I wish I'd been brave enough to go deeper than the kitchen and dining room but I wasn't sure of the condition of the floors considering the ceilings were falling in. Of course they were cheap asbestos tile drop ceilings so that doesn't mean that the house was that unstable. I have this thing about family homes. I want to buy up all the family homes and restore them and make them happy again. But I've no money for that and besides how many houses does one person need! It's a fools dream, but I like it!
Elsie lived in this house at the time of her death, August 7, 1923. As was the custom of the time, she died in the house, was laid out in the house and the funeral was held in the house. 
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