Map of 12600 and 12700 FM 916:
Barn at 12600 FM 916:
[PHOTO OF FRONT]
Was on the property when Charlie Pipes bought the farm, though Charlie added the sheds on the side. Charlie used the barn to store ear corn and bailed hay for his livestock. The tin siding was added by Charlie, but the tin roof hasn't been replaced since the barn was built, and Kenneth Pipes said that the roof tin is most likely over 100 years old. The lumber currently stored in the barn loft is from an old house at the "North Place" that the help used to live in (located on CR 206).
Hog pen at 12600 FM 916:
Built in 1957 by Kenneth Pipes, made in high school for raising hogs. Used it until he went out of the hog business in the early 1990s. Kenneth took his hogs to sell in Ft. Worth, Newhoff packing plant in Dallas, and Columbia packing in Dallas.
Destroyed in 2008, vacant since early 1990s.
Windmill:
Windmill and well was here when Charlie Pipes bought the farm. Circa 1880. About 80 feet deep.
Pecan Trees:
Several pecan trees that are __ years old.
Ponds:
Three ponds. One dried up, source was spring. Charlie Pipes dug the pond at 12700 FM 916 out of a gully. One time the dam broke and you could hear the water gushing out up at the house. They had to rebuild the levee once the pond was empty.
Chambers Creek:
Old Bridge:
CR closed during WW2. County discontinued maintenance on it because it wasn't as necessary, automobiles people could driver farther. Bridge was dismantled for scrap in 1950s.
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