January 04, 2007

Rear Window - '07 Project

One of the Redile Projects for this summer and beyond is to take a County Park that has historic significance and turn it into a learning portal. Dr. Lenny joined with Lois, Karen, Daniel and Clint of the Friends of Mildred Kanipe Ranch to take measurements on several historic buildings at the site. We measured the school house and then moved over to the main park to measure some of the out buildings. The cold weather forced the group to continue the project two weeks later to finish measuring the sheep and dairy barns.

Two weeks later back at Kanipe; the mystery question is what order were the portions of the ranch house attached. A roof blocking a front window is one of the hints. The first order of business of the Friends of Kanipe project is to get renovation by historical designation as a Century Farm and Ranch site, while turning the one room school house into a school/museum for demonstrating turn of the 20th century agriculture techniques.

Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District is responsible for site management on the Douglas County owned property, the Douglas County Museum of History and Natural History is also a partner. The original photo was taken from inside the house, next to the blocked front window looking back. The steps were creaky, our conjecture was that the steps were an outdoor addition originally that got framed and placed inside when the kitchen area was added. Redile will help train people on-line to help with the deconstruction and reconstruction of the buildings as volunteers and help gather grant support to pick up the material tab.







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