What I did today--photos

farmerjohn · Oct 17, 2015

For ten years I have been saying I was going to do this but never got around to it.....I wanted to move the 130 year old summer kitchen that my great-grandfather built from the homestead farm to my house 1/2 mile up the hill to use the building for storage since it was no longer wanted at the farm. I could have just as well built a new building but I am nostalgic about this one and love the sense of character and history in old buildings. I discovered this summer that the roof is leaking bad so decided this is a now or never project and started preparing for the move and did it today. Used a forklift to raise and lower it, all went very well, now just need to fix the roof, do some repairs and siding and paint. Photos of it on site at the farm, during the move, and the new site at my house. Located in Western PA.

Mark - IN. · Oct 17, 2015

Fantastic job for an excellent cause. Good for you.

Mark

Greg1959 · Oct 17, 2015

Really liked the pics and glad you saved the memories.

Also, in some of the pics I think I see mulberry leafs? Do you have mulberries? Growing up, I lived on those in the summer. Can't find any around here now :-(

JD John · Oct 17, 2015

Very Nice! Looks like it belongs there. I bet G-Grandfather is smiling.

John

Ande · Oct 17, 2015

Made me feel good you did this. Yes lots of work but, job well done

Janicholson · Oct 17, 2015

I go for Catalpa. Jim

Janicholson · Oct 17, 2015

Perfect reuse. Jim

farmerjohn · Oct 17, 2015

Yes, they are catalpa trees.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 18, 2015

great job,,,and it would cost plenty in materials to build a new one ,,,you saved money,and,,,made grandpa happy,,be very proud

Ultradog MN · Oct 18, 2015

Great post and even better job of saving it.
Thanks for the photos.

PJH · Oct 18, 2015

Very nice job! That hillside would have worried me, especially with the man in the red hat on the downhill side. Glad it went well!

01gentdc · Oct 18, 2015

good job , you all did real good!.. got any more pix of that forklift ,doing the lift and the mount and dismount ? moving is heavy enuf ,,. did you take extra effort for bracing ? ..sure must be a solid well built summer kitchen with no failure s over time ...you are luky it did not come apart with the forklift ...

Gary Mitchell · Oct 18, 2015

Not to mention doing that kind of stuff is just plain fun. gm

Rick Kr · Oct 18, 2015

Very nice. Its great to see a historic building saved. Did it have the brick fireplace in it still? I notice the chimney is gone.

Plus being the fact you are saving something that has been in the family for all those years, you really cant put a price on that.

Rick

farmerjohn · Oct 18, 2015

It never had a fireplace, just a chimney on a flubox that I remember grandpa tore it out in the early 70's. It is plank frame construction, I renailed all around the bottom before moving it. Pretty sound structure still except at the doors they had a large rock for a step and the rain over the years splashed and rotted the sill out which I re-enforced with a big plank.

casenut1 · Oct 18, 2015

Summer kitchens are great for reuse. My office is in a summer kitchen. I am on the computer in it now. Mine is over a hundred years old and has been attached to the house.

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