COUNTY'S OLDEST STANDING BIRDHOUSE ON BARNES RUN

(12/01/2025)

2013- This bird house for housing Pigeons (or it could have been Martins) was likely the oldest standing bird house in the county, at least 90 years old on the homestead of Albert and Sadie Scott Ball on Barnes Run, now owned by Bennie Whytsell. Ball's grandson, Albert, when he was hitting 90 years old, says "Grandpa seemed to think of these pigeons as pets, liked to hear them. In the evening I remember the chorus of cooing as these pigeons settled in for the night." (In 2017, the decaying bird house was removed)

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001