The Old Chapman Farmhouse

North of town.

Nestled in the hills above New Jerusalem lie the burnt-out ruins of an old farmhouse that was once used, according to local legend, by Hector North as the site of his scientific experiments. The old farm was given up in the late 19th century and the fields left fallow. The family later rented out the house, and in 1904 Hector North accidentally burned it to the ground, and with it his papers and equipment. The farm was then abandoned for three decades. Since 1938 the New Jerusalem Gun Club has paid the arrears and uses a field a half-mile from the farmhouse for skeet shooting. The ground here is littered with the shards of countless clay pigeons.

Far from any other house or road and situated in the lonely country at the end of Ravine Lane, little remains of the building except charred and overgrown foundations. On weekends the ominous crack of gunfire can be heard as the local gun club assaults clay pigeons a half-mile distant.
The ground about the farmhouse is littered with blackened and rotting boards, over which have long grown rank weeds and brambles. In the midst of this wasteland are narrow steps leading down, the way through the covering briars barring all but the smallest of travelers.

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  Old Chapman Farmstead

RUINED STRUCTURE
1904

Type

Ruins

Parent Location

New Jerusalem Outskirts