About The Digs
(booking B&B in 2022)
The Digs was built for Meg’s newlywed grandparents. They’d lived in a rooming house across the street while the home was built from heart pine milled at the family sawmill. Deeded October 9, 1917.
3 months after returning from WWI, Meg’s grandfather was playing poker with his cousin George. Sometime during the game, George pointed out that Lewis had only one child while George’s family of seven was living with his in-laws. Why didn’t he sell George his new house?
It’s no exaggeration to say Lewis was a gambling man. He didn’t think twice (or consult his wife) before naming an exorbitant price thinking George wouldn’t have it.
The next day George showed up with $4500 cash in hand and in April 1919, George’s family moved into the two bedroom house while Lewis, his wife and their new baby girl moved south of town where Meg’s father was born a few years later.
Three years after Meg and Bond moved to Parrott, George's five children decided to sell the house to the highest bidder. The Andersons lived down the street with Meg's parents and Grandmama. Another generation was on the way. They, too, needed a home of their own. For good luck, Meg and Bond bid Grandmama’s birth year plus a zero. It was accepted. So began the seemingly endless education in old house restoration.