The Hardy Smith House was bought from the Hardy Smith Foundation on October 15th 2007. Below are some shots of the house on this day. The foundation had saved the home from being torn down approximately 12 years before being purchased. For about 10 years work was done to preserve the home. The foundation did a wonderful job restoring the outside and some of the inside of the home. Then about two years before it was sold there was no activity. The yard was left to the elements as shown below.
A lot of debris had fallen from the trees and the yard needed some work.
On the right were wisteria vines taking over the house on the right side.
More examples of the yard work needed.
The home was almost hidden behind all the overgrown brush.
A view from the back of the house.
You could not even see the house from the back parking area of the Methodist Church.
One of the first things done to the house was yard work. A total of approximately 25 truck loads of brush and debris was removed from the property to clean the yard up!
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