Hardy volunteers from the Friends of Highland Recreation Area worked together between rain showers and thunderstorms to clean old wounds from the barn and install the new walls. It was a momentus day as the workers performed the first new construction on the barn since the violent storm in June 2008 tore at the historic structure.
Read MoreThis will be the starting day of major reconstruction of the historic Edsel Ford Barn after several years of clean-up in the aftermath of the June 2008 storm.
Read MoreDick, Tom, and Jay started some clean-up of the overgrown Haven Hill hill road this last Sunday, September 14th. Leaves, grass, saplings, and brush have encroached over 5 feet onto the road in some areas!
Even the area in front of the lodge ruins got a little trimming...
And below, just one of the piles of debris from our clean-up...
We'll be looking for help to do more soon. Get out your trimmers, gloves, and be ready to join us in the great outdoors!
The group tore down more second floor flooring above the north east room on Sunday the 24th of February. We also added more tarps to the lower east roof.
The 2nd floor boards are rotted most severely under each of the old skylights that have leaked in the roof overhead.
We worked to demo the old floor safely on scaffolding from below.
Above: What a view looking up through the 2nd floor supports!
The debris pile... we need another dumpster soon!
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Within one of the most picturesque, fascinating, and historically significant state parks in southeast lower Michigan, our goal is to combine the former Haven Hill estate history with Highland Recreation Area’s existing amenities, wilderness, and recreation.
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