Published by admin on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 9:42am
The house our kids were raised in was the oldest house in Ingham Township. It had a shallow footing for the main walls and a separate cellar un-der the original part of the house. The footing was shal-low so the settlers could quick-ly build it in time for winter. The cellar was added later, the dirt carried up the stairs and out. It offered food storage and protection from Indians. The house was all chopped up into little rooms because it was a house made of five additions.
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