The main structure of the typical house was two rooms wide with a tiny central hall. At the rear a third room came off at an L. Since Callie Black had a large family, her home was a variation of the traditional home with a second floor added and two rooms came off at the L. One of these rooms was a large kitchen with a wood burning cook stove in which the fire seldom went out. There was always something that needed to be cooked, canned, heated or warmed. Here the large family and often friends or relatives gathered to eat and visit. The constant warmth, especially in cold weather gave it a special meaning in the memories of those who grew up on or near this wonderful farm.

The other room was a family parlor with an open fireplace. This was the heart of the house. Then there was the company room which held the best furniture. Some handed down from generation to generation. The family bible had a place of honor in this room. There was also another open fireplace and on the mantle was a fancy clock with Roman numerals. There was also a large bedroom on the first floor.

The steep staircase went up six steps to a landing and turned and went up six more steps. It was easy to loose once sense of direction because of this turn. When you would look out the window you might end up wondering how you got on that side of the house. This is where the children and the bachelor members of the family slept.

One the front side of the house was a large porch. This faced the road so that the family could keep up with the social life of the community. All news traveled down the dusty thoroughfare. Passersby either called out their greetings or "hitched and lit for a spell" to relate current events.

The porch was always a bower of green in the summer. Simple native plants in a wide variety of clay pots and an occational bucket, lined the edge of the porch and railing. By August those sitting on the creaking wooden swing hung with chains from the rafters or in a cane bottom chair were virtually lost in a jungle of geraniums, ferns and cypress vines.

Off the back of the house in the L another large porch ran along the side of the large kitchen and parlor. Its purpose was far more businesslike. Here a well worn shelf held a bucket, wash basin, and soap dish for quick cleanups. Serious bathing was done in a tin tub by the kitchen stove. This porch also had a hand dug well on one end so that water could be drawn without getting out into the weather. The curbing over the well, which Tom Black built, was cement and round in shape. The large round cement slab that formed the top served as a table to hold bucket to be filled with water. The well supplied an adequate supply of soft, clear, sweet water. The rest of the porch could and did hold anything that came to light on its way to and from the daily chores of the farm.

The above description of the farmhouse was  written by R.L. Black