Unknown rural house on railroad tracks
Single Family Residence
Springfield area
Griswold & Steele
Ralph Slate
This house is very unusual because it fronts onto a set of train tracks. The house seems to date to the 1860s. It is obviously a farm, with cows in a fenced-in area next to it.
The tracks do not appear to be heavily used, and since there are no ties it is more likely these could be trolley tracks. Trolley lines usually ran along main, heavily populated roads, but this could perhaps be on one of the several lines between the villages in Palmer.
Postally unused