Introduction

Steven Bigolin has researched and written four books about DeKalb County. I have all four books, the video made from the books and attend his lectures when I can. He might not know how much he has inspired me and how much I enjoy the old houses of DeKalb. For six years now, I have walked the streets of DeKalb, watching the houses, imagining the houses and the lives of people who don't get put into books. This is a story as best I can find it, of the house in DeKalb circa 1899 and still standing -- or not.