Michael Foland built a house-one large room with a lean-to kitchen on the north on his farm, located on the second ridge west of the Foland School. This became known as the "Weaning House", for it was here that five of his sons lived after marriage and farmed a part of their father's land until they were ready to start farming for themselves.

A sorghum mill was built just north of the "Weaning House", and people came from miles around with their loads of cane to make their sorghum.

Chris and Lucinda were the first to live in the weaning house and it was here that Frank was born in 1872. They soon moved to a farm, which they later purchased, and John with his wife and two children moved in. Lizzie and Jennie were born in the weaning house. John bought and moved to his farm about 1877 . After Ike and Betty were married in August 1881, they lived with his parents until spring, then moved to the weaning house where their first four children were born. They bought and moved to their farm about 1890. Sanford and Martha lived with his parents until Ike moved out of the Weaning House, then they moved in and lived there until about 1893 when they bought and moved to a farm. George and Celeste lived with his parents a while before moving to the Weaning House where they lived until after the death of his mother. They then moved back with his father to keep house for him.

Lulu and husband George Grimm were living in the Weaning House at the time of Vernie's birth in 1899.

In the fall of 1903, the Weaning House was sold to Laura Foland and husband Leo McConnel for twenty five dollars, moved to the southeast corner of the Chris Foland farm, remodeled and here they lived for two years while they farmed Chris's place. It was then moved to then Frank Foland farm where it was used for a smokehouse and later a corncrib.