Puckerbrush School, built during the summer of 1874 in Ottercreek Township, will celebrate its 145th birthday this year and to celebrate the occasion, we've given the oldest building on the Lucas County Historical Society museum campus a new front door.
The old door was not original and, quite frankly, had not held up very well either. This one is far sturdier (and far more expensive).
Bingham Construction did the honors last Thursday. Very soon, we hope, the painters will arrive to apply a new coat of white to the entire building. Columbus School second-graders are due to spend a few hours with us on May 3 --- and we want to have everything ready.
The society's annual meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the C.B.&Q. Freight House (all are welcome to attend and hear a presentation on New Deal Art by Cedar Rapids-based artist, art historian and author Robert D. Peterson). We'll open officially for the season on Wednesday, May 1, although actually the museum never closes, and remain open through the end of October.
Also on the agenda this year --- when our place on the contractor's schedule arrives --- are two new concrete paths to the Bill Marner Blacksmith Shop, located somewhat inconveniently part way down the big hill. One path, the longer one, will be handicap accessible and open up a new area of the campus. The other will connect the patio directly with the Blacksmith Shop, but will follow the route of the current path and remain somewhat steep. Many thanks to the South Central Community Foundation for the $6,000 grant, received last week, that will help to fund this project.
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