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By Michele Smith
The Times 

Deconstructed 1898 Cabin Will Be Rebuilt at Museum Site

Smith Hollow School House Museum will be the new home of the Dodge family cabin

 

August 17, 2017

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On July 26, Rick Nicely (red shirt) and Beau Sabin of Pillars of Society Woodworks, LLC made their first inspection of the 1898 log cabin that was donated to the Blue Mountain Heritage Society. The cabin is being taken down in reverse order of how it was built, the pieces being numbered and photographed, before being moved to a location at the Smith Hollow Schoolhouse Museum.

Dayton – Beau Sabin and Rick Nicely of Pillars of Society Woodworks, LLC have been tasked with moving a small log cabin from its current site in the backyard of a home on W. Richmond St., to its new location at the Smith Hollow School House Museum, and with its reconstruction.

The cabin was unbuilt, beginning with the last piece added when it was first built. The pieces are being numbered, and photographed, before they are moved.

"The more pictures, the more documentation, the better," said Sabin.

Salvage from other historic buildings will be sourced to replace some of the cabin mater...



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