It was good to drive up to the museum office on Tuesday and see members of a roofing crew silhouetted against the sky on the barn roof in the distance, getting started on a project scheduled late last fall.
The lift was brought onto the Lucas County Historical Society Museum campus two weeks ago, when prospects for an earlier start looked good. Then the tornado (no damage at the museum, but considerable damage elsewhere --- including the destruction of Pin Oak Lodge); then snow; then arctic temperatures; then snow again.
The wood-shingled roof, installed about 20 years ago, was just about ready to give up. After some discussion, we decided to replace it with metal.
From the east, the barn roof isn't that intimidating. It's a different matter on the west side, however, where the building sits at the edge of a steep slope.
We open officially for the season on May 1 and have scheduled our annual membership meeting (stay tuned for details) for Tuesday, April 26, at the C.B.&Q. Freight House. Art at the Museum is on the agenda for June.
It's been two years of uncertainty during the pandemic; we are looking forward to the return of as much normalcy as we can justify and manage.
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