Doudy-Debacker-Dunn House

If you go for a hike in the South Mesa area you may find an interesting looking structure.Hike about 200 feet past the South Mesa Trail head and there it is. All that remains is a recently renovated stone building standing alone.  It's all stone with wooden covered windows and doors and a tin roof.

This site was the original homestead of Sylvester (Andrew) Doudy. He built the wooden portion of the house back around 1858. He raised cattle, operated a sawmill and a gristmill.

A few years later in 1869 John Debacker bought the house and the property for $500. He was a successful farmer and added the two-story stone structure that is all that remains to this day.

John retired in 1901 and left his property and house to his only daughter, Emma and her husband John Dunn. Emma and John lived and worked as dairy farmers until Johns death in 1953.

So if you find yourself in the area take a look around and you might stumble across this little beauty.

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