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With the wallboard gone, we got to see a little history of our house. There on the living room wall of the old house was a notation by Thomas Brue and Andrew Lieknes, saying they built the house in 1925! It's followed by another note saying that the ceiling was added July 8-14th 1931. A little while later we spotted a notation on another part of the wall- partially hidden by a stud. Mrs. Brue and Mrs. Lieknes gathered wild blueberries for canning, and caught 2 salmon in 193?.......
Jeff and I spent a few hours today checking on the progress of the deconstruction. It's amazing what can be done in less than a week.
All that's left are the outside walls and roof, inside studs, stubbed pipes, a few electrical wires.
Meanwhile the work goes on.
The bricks are being cleaned off to be reused.
Downstairs and upstairs..
The house looks expansive.
This is a different kind of "split level"!
Our builder, Jim showed us some unique aspects of the construction.Friday, weather permitting, the boom crane will be removing sections of the walls which will be trucked to a site nearby. That will be so exciting! You'll be able to catch the excitement in a future post.
It's a very exciting project and we're having fun watching your progress. We'll be out Friday, weather permitting, to take photos of the boom crane.
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A piece of history--how exciting. I remember spending countless hours in the original house, mostly on the sun porch when it rained and we were forced to play inside. I think that included many card games, including Authors and Old Maid. And the luxurious shower (we didn't have on in our cabin) with the additional outdoor entrance. I can still taste the soap that Beverly convinced me would be just as good as tooth paste for brushing my teeth! I wish I were there to see the daily progress!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! You can start to envision your new home... and a new home for the bricks as well! Looking forward to the next post...
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