Show THE OLD FAIRBANKS 0 HOUSE there Is hardly a section that does not have its old house most of them however take their hats olt oft to the old fairbanks formerly fayer banke bankc house which stands in a cluster of stately trees in the hie little C city of dedham Ded liam mass tile the exception of certain adobe stone or houses in california and florida tills this probably Is the oldest house still standing in the united states this relic of days gone by was built in it Is perhaps the best example of old english frame fraine construction to be found in america Aine rici was lived in up to about twenty years ago by eight generations of the fairbanks family retains its pirl simplicity quaintness and and Is now filled with heirlooms heir looms of the fai family nily like many old time structures the main portion Is flanked on nn two sides by wings ind and tha hie patch roof of the middle i extends very cry near to the ground in the rear tho the front side contains eight find and no two of them are alike As if 6 to anve an individuality divi dividu duality allty all its own a practice was departed froni froin in that neither the front dour door por nor the chimney are in the alie exact cen censer of the lie house bouse curiously also the doorways are exceptionally low persons of ordinary height having to bend slightly on oil entering some of the rooms never have lieen been plastered and the beams and rafters I 1 show overhead over the fireplace in uie the quaint little parlor swings a wooden e n crane from which kettles were suspended over the fire tor for cooking purposes in the days before kerosene grease lamps hung in this crane furnished such light as was available when there was no fire in the fireplace other relics of bygone days in n elude clude molds tor for making candles spinning wheel foot warmers dutch ovens an ox saddle small diamond shared shaped window glass made to be set between lead strips putty being unknown all in all this old place portrays s in vivid fashion the home life of the ile early new englanders it has attracted visitors froni from practically every state and more than twenty foreign countries the descendants of the family have banded themselves into an org organization aniza to the end that this historic spot may be preserved |