This was the farm of Dick and Barbara Gaudern ( sorry if I spelled the name wrong) Rte 2 Palmyra. Currently this home also has a antique shop in it.

When I was young this farm was owned by the McCrillis'.

If this was taken in 1963, the McCrillis family was stilling living here. Dick Gaudern bought the farm in either 1ate 1964 or in 1965. Dick passed away in 1978, and Barbara sold the farm buildings and surrounding fields in the '80s. We had many happy years living on this farm. We had many games of chase and hide and seek through the connected carriage shed, tool sheds, and barns. We raised Quarter horses, raised our own beef, and had large gardens. It was a good life. At some point, in the '70s, the front of the barn was torn down to disconnect it from the house in order to make the insurance affordable. Later, in the '80s after Dick was gone, the barn had to be completely torn down, as the foundation was bad under it. The front porch is also gone and the house looks very different without the porch and the barn. Barbara Gaudern Bell now lives across the street in the home that she and Lewis Bell built.

The farm was originally built by a wealthy gentleman from Boston. He had it built for his wife who died suddenly. He never lived in the farm but had a caregiver there for many years. It was the first house in the town of Palmyra to have indoor plumbing.

The elm trees all succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease in the 70s and had to be removed. They had lined US Route 2 on both sides of the road for the full length of the property.

The property that the town now has their sand shed and transfer station was taken for back taxes in the early 60s. It was originally part of the farm.