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The property now has a caretaker who watches over it and makes sure intruders do not access the property and vandalize it. The wild boar wandering the property also make for excellent, and very territorial “guard dogs.” The property includes four residential abodes and a number of other buildings used for various purposes over the years. It is believed that one of the residential structures, known as “the chapel,” was actually the original homestead built in the early 1900's, which is a small two-storey structure with the bedroom in the loft reached by an old wooden ladder. Just think of the “Little House on the Prairie” home, only on a smaller scale. The last owner probably modernized its appearance with improvements and repairs. The main residential structure was built in 1940, by the last legal purchaser of the property, and is still furnished with pieces from the 1940's to the 1960's. Another structure, built in the chalet-style of the Alps region, was also built by the last purchaser, possibly as an artist's studio or guest house. Finally, the last residential structure, which poses some questions regarding exactly who built it. It is possible that the original homesteader bui