The Boarded Up Abandoned Farmhouse We Hiked Half a Mile To Reach
Finding a boarded up abandoned farmhouse this deep in the woods isn’t something you just stumble across.
Zenning with Zay & I had to hike in over half a mile to reach this place. No driveway access. No visible path. Just pushing through brush and trees until the structure finally appeared through the pines.
And when it did — every single window was sealed.
A Completely Boarded Up Abandoned Farmhouse
Not just a few sheets of plywood here and there. Every window on the house was covered. That usually tells you two things: it’s been vacant for a long time, and at some point someone made a deliberate effort to secure it.
The question is — why?
The house itself appears to date back to the early 1900s. It’s a simple wood-frame rural build with horizontal clapboard siding and a steep front gable. No decorative trim. No elaborate design. Just a practical working farmhouse built to serve a purpose.
A tall exterior brick chimney runs up one side of the home, a reminder of when wood or coal heat would have kept this place warm through harsh winters.
Signs of Long-Term Vacancy
Time hasn’t been kind to this rural abandoned farmhouse.
The paint has faded to a dull grey. The small covered front porch is sagging and partially collapsing inward. The lower section of the structure is beginning to deteriorate more heavily, suggesting moisture damage over the years.
Interestingly, the roof still appears mostly intact. This doesn’t look like a sudden collapse situation. It feels more like a slow decline — maintenance stopped, seasons passed, and nature gradually started reclaiming it.
Surrounding the house are tall pines and thick overgrowth, giving it that isolated backwoods setting. Off to the right sits a small outbuilding with a rusted metal roof, likely once used for tools or storage. It’s barely holding together now.
Why Was It Sealed Shut?
A sealed abandoned farmhouse always raises questions.
Was the property tied up in estate issues?
Did the last owner pass away?
Was it sold and forgotten?
Or was it simply too far gone to save?
Boarding up every window suggests someone didn’t want easy access. Whether that was to prevent vandalism, liability issues, or something else entirely — we may never know.
A Working Farmhouse, Now Sitting Empty
What stands out most about this abandoned farmhouse in the woods is how practical it was. This wasn’t a mansion. It wasn’t designed to impress. It was built for everyday rural life.
You can picture it decades ago — yard maintained, smoke coming from the chimney, equipment stored in the shed, daily routines playing out inside those now-covered windows.
Today, it sits quiet behind plywood and trees.
Reaching it took effort. And standing in front of it, you can’t help but wonder how something that likely housed generations could end up sealed and left behind.