The Big White House on the Corner

By Ann Workman Armstrong

The mid-western United States is well known for its hospitality and strong agricultural ties. Traveling through the area, one is treated to rolling hills, thick forests and lush, green grass and forage lands
made so by the fertile soil that drew many settlers to the area in America's young years. Many historic properties can be found nestled safely within these rolling hills, including several family farms that have been tended by generations of hard working farmers. This book takes the reader on a journey of one such family farm in Springville, Indiana, giving details into the ancestors who homesteaded the land as well as describing the architecture and changes each generation has made while serving as overseer of the property. This is a wonderfully insightful and informative piece of writing documenting the metamorphosis of the homestead from its humble beginning to the modern agricultural operation as it stands today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728373034

Ann Workman Armstrong

Ann Workman Armstrong was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and lived her life as a youth in Bloomfield, Indiana, with her parents and one sister. She was graduated from Bloomfield High School and continued her education at Indiana State University (BS in Elementary Education/Early Childhood). Ann completed her Masters degree from Indiana University in Early Childhood Education. She taught Kindergarten in North Lawrence Community Schools and also served as the Special Needs Preschool Coordinator for OLJMG Joint Services. Ann met and married Stan Armstrong, an engineer at CAAA-Crane and a fifth generation farmer, in 1972. Together they raised three spirited daughters; raising them on Stan's family's farm in Springville, Indiana.

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ISBN: 978-1-7283-7304-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7302-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7303-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020917139

Published by AuthorHouse 09/30/2020

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

A Bit Of Family History

External Structure

General Internal Structure

Internal Structure: (First Floor)

Internal Structure: (Second Level)

The End, But Yet It’s Not

Addendum 1

Addendum 2

Addendum 3

Addendum 4

Addendum 5

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks go to Ginny, Jenny, Sarah, Mona, Ron, and

Stan for helping me share ideas and review this book.

-Ann

INTRODUCTION

As a young girl, maybe 7 or 8 years of age, my family would drive by this big white house just outside of Springville, Indiana, as we were going to visit my grandparents near Harrodsburg. I would usually say, I’m going to live in that house someday or I’m going to marry the boy who lives in that house. My parents would laugh and tell me there probably weren’t any boys who lived there and, if there were, they would be too old for me. Little did they know……..

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