[GSBN] The Scott Home

Thu Apr 23 03:22:48 UTC 2009

After I re-establish or establish connections with the current owners, I¹ll
organize a tour of as many of the buildings as owners will let us access.
There¹s a great deal of distance between the 11 or 12 historic bale
buildings in Nebraska, so it won¹t be a one-day trip. For example, it¹s a
day¹s drive from Lincoln to the Scott¹s house near Gordon in the Sandhills
of northernwestern Nebraska  as Matts, Judy, David E and others well know.
I¹ll keep everyone posted.

Joyce

on 4/22/09 6:22 PM, Brian Hodge at brian at anvill.com.au wrote:

> Hi 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 <mailto:jc10508 at alltel.net>
>>  
>> To: (private, with public archives) Global  Straw Building Network
>> <mailto:GSBN at greenbuilder.com>
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>> 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.
>> 
>>  
>> * The  Sturtz ranch house near Stapleton is being renovation as the daughters
>> plan  to start a B&B there.
>> * I¹ve written for permission to visit the two  buildings on the Fawn Lake
>> ranch, now owned by Ted Turner.
>> * The  house on the Boys Ranch near Alliance is apparently in pretty good
>> condition  and is presently occupied.
>> * The  Burke ranch house also near Alliance may be deteriorating rapidly
>> since Mr.  Burke¹s death  I hope to go there to check.
>> * The  Martin-Monhart house seems to have been renovated  I¹m contacting the
>> family for details of why.
>> * 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 society¹s officers during a visit there this year.
>> * 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.
>> * 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.   
>> * 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. I¹m hoping the owners
>> will let me arrange a workshop next year.
>> * I  will be arranging a visit to a bale house on a ranch near Ashby that I
>> was  told about a while back.
>> * And  I¹m told there is a bale house near Lewellen  and will make a stop
>> there to  have a look-see. Some reports of bale houses don¹t 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  didn¹t.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> I¹ll 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
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