Grandma described the house in her life sketch: "It was a big two-story house with no basement, with a large kitchen and a pantry, a large living room, two bedrooms and two walk-in closets. One of them had shelves and hooks all around for clothes, etc. There were double doors between the living room and front bedroom so that when it wasn't needed as a bedroom, the doors were opened so as to make a larger or double living room. The upstairs was one large room until I was about 10 or 11 years old. Then partitions were put in to make 4 rooms and two more clothes closets. My brother Levi and my mother did most of the work on it."
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| The Hansen House in Warren |
Tracy, Shannon and I looked around the front and backyard, after getting permission from the lady living there. It looked like a great place to run and play in, and I can see why Grandma had such great memories of growing up there.
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| The Hansen Family around 1924 Back row: Ed, Louis, Sarah, Reuben, Walter, Alma, Levi Front row: Ruby, Orvel, Luella, Melvin and Clarence |
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| The same shot of the house, with me and Tracy in front |
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| The view looking west from the house. It was so peaceful here. |
The homestead looks much different than I remember it. It was gray stone and built by my grandfather. My mom was born there. I remember the bedroom on the main floor as the parlor. It had a great pantry, the kind you walk into and stores your pots and pans and you can put a pie out to cool. There was grass but it looks much nicer now. My cousins wife Francine still lives there. He died a few years ago from cancer.
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