History: Salvaging red barn at Sierra House
Publisher’s note: This is from the September 1973 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter.
By Bill Hauck
Recently two afternoons were spent at the Sierra House Elementary School site salvaging portions of the old red barn for the Historical Society.
On Saturday afternoon, August 25th, Henry Newburgh, Mike Magliari, Ed Laine, and I ripped off the exterior siding [of obviously later vintage] and removed the original wide siding boards [up to 24 inches wide] from both sides of the barn. Ed Laine and a friend took many interior photographs also.
On Sunday afternoon, August 26th, Phil Greuner, Henry Newburgh, Merritt Hollingsworth, Dick Hargrove, Brian Hayes, and I sawed off the rafter poles, peeled off the adjacent end siding, and removed the side wall framing from the south side, disassembling it and marking its uprights, braces, etc.
With the exception of the almost 30 foot long top beam, which was left at the school site out of the construction area [along with the two Sierra House sheds donated by Bohannon], the siding and the rest of the framing was taken to Mrs. Hazel Taylor’s, where she kindly provided inside storage for it.
AS owner of Mrs. Talor’s property, I would love to hear the “rest of the story”.
Shirley, I’m a docent/volunteer with the Lake Tahoe Historical Society. We’re open today and the museum chair, Diane will be working with me. I’m going to print this article and take it in to her. I’ll bet that our president, Lynne, would even know more about this. Give us a call at 530-541-5458 anytime.