| Since our last update article, we have made quite a bit of
progress on John’s Little House! We have a successful review by the
State Fire Marshall, and the building permit has been issued and is in
hand.
On the weekend of Sept 25, I met A J Wiley, the
foundation contractor on the web site and finalized our negotiations.
During that weekend, I met Daniel Hochstetler our editor to inform him of
the construction plans. We also that same weekend attended the Casselman
Amish and Mennonite Historians annual meeting. I had the pleasure of
meeting Virgil Miller, who presented to the meeting his new book “Both
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On the weekend of Oct 12, Ron Sootsman from Michigan,
spent 2 days preparing the old timbers and lumber for the reconstruction
by pulling nails and power washing.
On October 1, A J Wiley started construction, and on
October 10, completed the foundation work, using the original stone from
the Little House.
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| On Friday, October 25, I met Gordon and Phyllis Hostetler, our
Association President and his wife, and my brother Mark Hostetler, from
Plain City Ohio, and we started framing. Rain and drizzle dominated the
weather for these 2 days. By the next day, we had the 1st
floor deck and walls installed. |
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On Friday, November 8, I met my brother Mark Hostetler and we
installed the sheathing on the walls, installed the roof rafters and roof
sheathing. We are now under roof, and weather tight for the winter.
I take my hat off to my brother Mark, a master
carpenter for his willingness to volunteer! Without his efforts, we would
not have reached this stage of construction. I want to thank Gordon and
Phyllis Hostetler for their support and efforts in working in the rain on
that weekend! I want to thank Ron Sootsman from John's family DJH 1828,
for traveling from Michigan and working by himself. We are now developing schedules for work days, and looking
for volunteers to help us finish the reconstruction.
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Pictures of construction |