Midwest Old Threshers have several one-room school buildings scattered over the grounds and even hosted the Iowa One-Room School Workshop annually sponsored by Preservation Iowa. One of them is a log cabin school in the Log Village section at the far end of trolley tracks. It’s condition The Old Threshers people have been deciding whether to repair the existing building or to start over. They feel the problems are from two problems. First, log cabins weren’t supposed to last that long. Second, when an Amish work crew reassembled the cabin in the 1980s, the room doesn’t have a proper overhanging roof. It doesn’t overhang at all on the ends, and only slightly on the sides.
They’ve decided to repair the roof and add overhangs and to put horizontal siding boards on the outside, but leaving the original logs exposed on the inside. They will also rebuild the steps to the front to create a larger space in front of the entire length of the building. They intend to life the existing interior ceiling 12″- 16″ to give tails needed for the overhang. They are having the job done professionally, as they don’t have enough volunteers. Work has already started on this project, but they are willing to accept donations towards it.
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