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The house next door

Grandpa's neighbors in rural Allen County sold the house that had been in their family since the 1920's at the beginning of 2005 to a developer who tore it down to build a reception hall. The workmen let me in to photograph before they tore it down a couple weeks after the family moved out. My father, who grew up next door, tells me the house was in similar condition decades ago when he was young.

13 Photographs

 

creepy, dirty, upstairs bedroom in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The walls and ceiling are covered in graffiti.

 

Upstairs hallway in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. Creepy hallway with broken tile floor and low vaulted ceiling.

 

Creepy, dirty, upstairs bedroom in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The windows are covered in cardboard and the carpet is rotted and torn.

 

The bedroom door in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The door is covered in clippings from the national enquirer and the weekly world news. Ancient photo of jesus found, new jesus mystery, crown of thorns found, letter from jesus discovered.

an old farm house on a hill with a tree in front of it in rural Allen County, Indiana

The bedroom door in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The door is covered in clippings from the national enquirer and the weekly world news. Ancient photo of jesus found, new jesus mystery, crown of thorns found, letter from jesus discovered.

 

creepy, dirty, upstairs bedroom in abandoned house in allen county, indiana

 

The bedroom door in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The door is covered in clippings from the national enquirer and the weekly world news. Ancient photo of jesus found, new jesus mystery, crown of thorns found, letter from jesus discovered.

 

Footprints painted on the ceiling of the upstairs bedroom of an abandoned house in rural Allen County, Indiana

 

 

 

Christopher Crawford
Fort Wayne, IN

chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com

 

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creepy, dirty, upstairs bedroom in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The walls and ceiling are covered in graffiti.

 

An upstairs bedroom in a dirty abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. An old mattress leans against a wall and light streams in through the double windows. The sculptured carpet is worn and rotting.

 

Lava lamp graffiti drawing on the wall of an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana

 

An old light fixture on the wall of the hallway in an abandoned house in Allen County, Indiana. The light fixture is made of metal and has no bulb in it. There is an electrical plug built in to the fixture as well as the light socket.