The Van Dolah Farm
Recently I asked if anyone recognized this photo. It didn’t take long for readers to answer the question, as you can see from the comments below.
So, I dived back into my files and found two more photographs of the farm that were sent to me awhile back by one of my readers–a before and after pair of photos, if ever there was one.
Before:
After:
So many houses get demolished once they start to look like this house did in the 1920s. But this beautiful place shows that demolition is rarely justified.
Diana Evans
April 9, 2015 @ 10:36 am
Could this picture be of the Donald Jones farm?
Chris Hankins
April 9, 2015 @ 11:34 am
This photo is of the Vandolah farm on Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd, just south of the Sandy Ridge Baptist Church. The large addition to the house, on the right, dates the photo to the 1970’s or later, but the original section of the house is said to have been built prior to the Revolutionary War. Visible in the upper left is the Great Barn, which has an 1837 cornerstone.
The property was first owned by Hendrick Vandolah (d. c1743), then his son Garret (d. 1807), then his son Henry (d. 1815), then his son Garret (d. 1877), then his nephew Cyrus Vandolah (d. 1931) then his nephew, Cyrus Bissey (d. 1942) . Afterward the property was owned by George Hoppock and was known as the Hoppock Farm for some years until the current owner reverted to the historical name “The Van Dolah Farm”.
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Dave Steward
April 9, 2015 @ 1:15 pm
The old Van Dolah Farm opposite last site of Van Dolah School of Sandy Ridge, Delaware Twp. Claude Robinson, owner in the 1940s and 50s, built the pond, the large “office” building behind the springhouse, and a garage building not visible in the photo just to the west. The view is to the north,