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To: robert b furman who wrote (14003)	6/11/2022 11:30:12 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	1 Recommendation Recommended By Kirk © Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27046

I had an old historical school/church at the entrance of my place but bees made a hive in the walls and no one noticed until honey was seeping out of the siding so they demolished it a few years ago. The first thing I did here even before I moved in, was I came up on weekends and saved the old carriage house and barn that were sinking and crumbling. They are hand chopped, tongue and groove oak beams/boards, wood pegged together. The barn is 3 sections. Original 1800s, later 1800s add on then first half 20th century back section add on. Some of the planks in the barn are boards 3 feet wide of red oak. They are amazing. I guess trees that big were a dime a dozen back then. Unfortunately I couldn't save the old farmhouse but I'm reusing the stones from the fireplace and the paving stones that surrounded and led to it. The girls hid in the fireplace during the civil war when some bad guys came up here and raided the area before getting gunned down later in town. It's a major battle event. They're buried in a mass unmarked grave somewhere around here. There's also an old sheep pen, about 40x50 that is falling down and is all old oak from the 1800s but it's impractical and I haven't decided if I really want to take off the roof and rebuild all the rafters or just demo it and reuse the wood if possible. Trying to do anything with that wood is tough. It's basically like working with concrete. You can't nail through it unless you predrill, it splits when you're trying to take it off. I also don't have anywhere to store all the wood and keep it dry. My shop is full already. The sheep pen just sits there taunting me. I know I need to do something but I just don't know what.