Early House Construction

Houses built in early Allensville were mostly were typically log homes with wooden siding added later. The homes below are representative of those in the area during the early years of Allensville. A few still stand today as a testament to their construction.

Eversole-Fink House

Log home built around 1870 by John R. Eversole (1837-1911) and later passed to his daughter, Susie Ellen Eversole (1883-1951) and husband, James Gibbons Fink (1979-1959). Their children were Agnes, Harold, James W., and Mildred. Later, James Wilbur Fink and wife Eileen Olinger Fink raised four children: James L., Larry S., Linda V., and Alvin K. Fink. Abandoned in 1971 and torn down in 2005, this house is #32 on Good's Map of Families.

James G. Fink Homestead

This house sat above the Deep Cut in Allensville and across from the present-day entrance to the Allensville Cemetery. It burned down and was never rebuilt. This house is #49 on Good's Map of Families.

THOMAS CRAWFORD HOUSE

Pictured are Thomas Crawford (1851-1918) with his grandsons Benjamin Franklin, Norman Lester, and Samuel Theodore Olinger. Their mother was Sallie Elizabeth Crawford Olinger (1880-1951). This house is #19 on Good's Map of Families.