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PROGRESS
PHOTOS - SCROLL DOWN FOR THE MOST RECENT
special thanks to Ron Daley for many of these wonderful photos
special thanks to Ron Daley for many of these wonderful photos
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lumber delivery from R.K. Miles, VT
Dan the builder
Green Mountain Timber Frames
Middletown Springs, VT
Dan McKeen (builder) & Jim Platteter (furniture maker) with wall section, VT
Elizabeth Cooper and Jim Platteter with another view of wall section, VT
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Dan's "office"
generously donated by Nance Dean & Ed Updike
Middletown Springs, VT
top plate / ceiling frame
01.12.07, VT
Richard Johnston "The Hammer", VT
timber posts, VT
timber frame plan
frame braces, VT
eyeing the hole
01.12.07, VT
Dan the Man with the Plan
01.12.07, VT
Conductor Dan with Richard Johnston, Matt Peschel & Bernie Bischoff
01.12.07, VT
Margaret Fowler & Elizabeth Cooper oiling timbers, VT
Keith & Craig Walker prepping sill timbers, VT
Neil Dwyer cutting timbers, VT
Jim Platteter, Neil Dwyer & Michael Ravitzka sanding and routing timbers, VT
loading up the frame, VT
ready to head South, VT
Vermont Crew, VT
Putting up the Foundation
PC, MS Day 1:
An Amish Crew with the Mennonite Disaster Service from Lancaster, PA
Laying the Corners
Foundation Day 2:
Laying the Pier Blocks
Enjoying the Conway's cooking
Malcolm & Henry
Foundation finished!
Ready for the Vt. Timber
Vermont Timbers Arrive in Pass Christian
01.29.07
Matt Waite & Rick Warren
Drove the timbers all the way from Vt
unloading scaffolding
Oodie(Arthur) & Earl Bouder
from the Mennonite Disaster Service
Arlean
Porsche and her mother Ceal Conway
Frame Raising Day 02.03.2007
Frame Raising Day 02.03.2007
Thank you Banner
for our sponsors
Krystal Allan & Arthur
from WLOX-TV
West wall on it's way up!
Up it goes!
The Amazing Volunteer Crew!
The Amazing Volunteer Crew #1 John, Scott Prentis, Jesse Larson, John Howard, Bob Lavelle, Ed Madden, Luke Larson, Amos, Dan McKeen, Michael Beattie, & Ari Larson.THANK YOU ALL!
Guiding a Ceiling Beam
Mustaches!
Conway Family and Friends
Securing the East wall
Starting
on the roof
End of Frame Raising Day
Major Progress!
02.04.2007 AM
Putting up the Trusses
02.05.2007
PM
Ari hard at work
Ari hard at work
Jesse on the roof
Luke, Ari & John
NW view
East view
02.09.07
on the roof
East view
02.13.07
beautiful angles
ready for the roof shingles!
02.14.07
Volunteer Crew - Round 2!
Brian Flanagan - Appleton, WI; Dan McKeen; Joseph Soulia - Tinmouth, VT; Steve Rhine - Salem, OR; Kevin Sweeney - Rutland, VT
THANK YOU!
02.15.07
The roof is finished! Shingled by an Amish group from PA.
02.19.07
The exterior frame is finshed! Look at all those windows.
interior view
interior view with crew #3
Volunteer Crew _ Round 3!
Dan, Adrian Eberth and dad, Karl - West Paulet, VT; Hank Fredrichs - Sussex, WI
THANK YOU!
02.21.07
East view prepped for clapboard siding
Interior NE view
An Amish group from PA and crew #3 hard at work
Interior NW view
Interior SW corner view
Interior SE corner view
Helen and Jen Robinson with their beautiful painted clapboards
The Wonderful Robinson Family!
Patrick, Helen & Jen - Darien, CT
02.22.07
Ready for windows and siding
NW view
03.04.07
East windows in and siding going up!
East detail
The lift!
Hurricane clips on the windows
Sun room
Dining room
Heat!
Bathroom
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2
Crew #4!
Arthur, Dan & Rufus
THANK YOU!
Arthur, Dan & Rufus
putting up siding
Arthur
North view
Mark & Claudio
Claudio
Crew #5!
plus the Dinwiddies and Maddens
THANK YOU!
03.13.07
East view
Beautiful Staircase Railing
made from spanish cedar
another view of railing
The Happy Conways
Ellen & Dan
the whole gang after another delicious Conway lunch
04.12.2007
insulated walls!
drywall on the ceiling
drywall on the walls
the Conway's mailbox
05.26.07
Arthur painting the kitchen
Ed Madden skimming the ceiling
Asahel cutting drywall
Charlie & Joe from BC
another BC volunteer painting the sunroom
BC volunteers painting the sunroom
beautiful window trim
incredible crew #6!
Boston College Juniors: Elise Edgerton;Cary, NC, Jessica DeLuca;Farifield, CT, Charlie Engle;Mt. Joy, PA, Kate Gazzaniga;Glastonbury, CT, Joe Dreeszen;Revere, MA and Asahel Cooper, Ed Madden and Dan McKeen
THANK YOU!
welcome
mardi gras entry way
sunroom
kitchen ready for cabinets
living room
interior doors
entry details
roof vents in
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Volunteers Craig & Keith Walker,VT
January 2007:
Timbers delivered to Green Mountain Timber Frames in Middletown Springs, VT
Dan McKeen and volunteer crew construct timber frame for the Conway's house at GMTF shop
January 23-26:
Foundation for the house poured and finished by an Amish crew from PA
January 27:
Frame loaded onto truck to be shipped to Pass Christian, MS by Matt Waite Excavation, Inc.
January 30:
Frame arrives at Conway house site in Pass Christian
February 1:
Dan McKeen and Vermont volunteer crew
arrive in Pass Christian
February 2-3:
Frame raising - Vermont and Mississippi
volunteers
House construction
House construction continues
For
more information contact Asahel Cooper at mentalgate@yahoo.com
or by phone: 228.324.9316
or Elizabeth Cooper at naturewalk@vermontel.net or by phone: 802.235.1406
or Ann Dinwiddie Madden at dinwiddie@rocketmail.com or by phone: 202.415.0367
or Elizabeth Cooper at naturewalk@vermontel.net or by phone: 802.235.1406
or Ann Dinwiddie Madden at dinwiddie@rocketmail.com or by phone: 202.415.0367