[GSBN] The Scott Home

Wed Apr 22 23:22:32 UTC 2009

Re: [GSBN] The Scott HomeHi Joyce,
I for one would be interested in going on a tour of the old buildings given that I have enough advance warning to arrange my schedule. Please keep me posted with any info on the tour. 

Kindest regards

Brian Hodge
Anvill Straw
Building Consultants
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joyce Coppinger 
  To: (private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [GSBN] The Scott Home

  One more note about the historic bale buildings in Nebraska. I plan to  visit as many of the existing bale homes as possible during 2009. Some of these visits will be as part of tours that I am organizing so people can visit bale buildings - new and old - along with other sites where alternatives (salvaged and indigenous materials, renewable energy and so on) are being or have been used. 

    a.. The Sturtz ranch house near Stapleton is being renovation as the daughters plan to start a B&B there. 
    b.. I've written for permission to visit the two buildings on the Fawn Lake ranch, now owned by Ted Turner. 
    c.. The house on the Boys Ranch near Alliance is apparently in pretty good condition and is presently occupied. 
    d.. The Burke ranch house also near Alliance may be deteriorating rapidly since Mr. Burke's death - I hope to go there to check. 
    e.. The Martin-Monhart house seems to have been renovated - I'm contacting the family for details of why. 
    f.. The Pilgrim Holiness Church is now under the care of the local county historical society since the death of Ted Frye several years ago. I plan to meet with the society's officers during a visit there this year. 
    g.. The house on the Simonton ranch near Purdum that once had bale walls no longer has bale walls and is covered with asbestos siding. The Simonton sons have both died and the land may now be rented out. 
    h.. The building west of Lincoln is unoccupied but has been restored, although not historically correct as concrete blocks were used to repair damaged corners. I am trying to reach the owners to find out the status of this building. 
    i.. The garage with loft near Gordon which I visited a couple of years ago is in good condition but could use a new coat of stucco. I'm hoping the owners will let me arrange a workshop next year. 
    j.. I will be arranging a visit to a bale house on a ranch near Ashby that I was told about a while back. 
    k.. And I'm told there is a bale house near Lewellen - and will make a stop there to have a look-see. Some reports of bale houses don't always prove to be true - right David E.? After the Nebraska SB conference in 2000 at Halsey, David and I drove to see a house nearby that a woman told us had bale walls. It didn't.

  I have been and am trying to work with all of the owners to keep these buildings in good condition, and am trying to find funding to restore and/or renovate those that the owners are willing to have preserved. Some of the buildings have changed hands within the families or through sales, so I am trying to re-establish contacts or make connections with new owners. Am working with the Nebraska State Historical Society, local historical societies, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

  I'll keep you posted as things progress throughout the coming year.

  on 4/20/09 3:49 PM, Mark Jensen at markj at redfeather.org wrote:

    Hello everyone,

    Does anybody know how the Scott home in Gordon, Nebraska is doing? Is anybody still living in it? Last I heard Lois Scott was living in it but I think I read that she passed away August 1996, I might be mistaken. Is the home still in the family? I would love to hear any recent update.

    Thanks,
    Mark

    Mark Jensen
    Construction Program Director

    Red Feather Development Group
    PO Box 907
    Bozeman, MT 59771-0907
    T: (406)585-7188
    F: (406)585-7187

    markj at redfeather.org  www.redfeather.org <http://www.redfeather.org/> 

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