SHOP NOTES

CARRIAGE SHED

HARVARD MASSACHUSETTS

 

If you are an attentive reader, you’ll undoubtedly remember that the company for which I work (Early New England Restorations) has been hired to deconstruct a circa-1800-to-1810 carriage/wagon shed in Harvard, Massachusetts, and bring it down to Westerly, Rhode Island (specifically Avondale, which some in Stonington, Connecticut jokingly refer to ‘a-VON-da-lay) to be reconstructed there.

Damn, that was a long sentence.

Well, we started the project last week. There was a bit of poli-tickling to do beforehand (it IS Mass, after all), and now the snow is off the ground, the blackflies and yellowjackets are buzzing, and the Project has begun. I’ll be trying to add daily posts to keep you all informed. But it is VERY physically demanding, and my time in the hotel is often cut short by    my  *yaaawn*   dozing      offffff

….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzghghggg! snurk snurk……

…..zzzzzzzzzzz…..

                                         Shed in winter; note the height of the plowed snow

Shed in spring; note the removed addition and the only other difference is a scattering of day lilies sprouting under the mailbox frame. We hope leaves on trees will soon follow, but we doubt it after this winter

 

  More very cool pics to follow!