Cellar entrance (circa 1965) removed – Note pink-colored logs.

Digging the sump pit for the new cellar entrance – 55 gallon drum.

Cellar doors in operation – weathertight, solid, and no more leaks.

New “ice free” sump pump outlets installed – no more water in the basement.

Preparing to work inside in the winter – plastic heat barrier installed.

40 yards of moldy soil out and 60 yards of crushed stone in.

West hall excavated and graded for drainage.

One of hundreds of loads of crushed stone being added to crawl space.

West hall with crushed stone in place, ready for drain tile installation.

Foundation under hallway is a rotten and sinking mess. Note disused staircase coming down from kitchen--"boarded over" sometime circa 1960.

Kitchen / hallway fireplace leakage following a rain shower.

Removing the dirt access ramp by hand in the west hall.

Using green treated material around west hall fireplace to prevent future decay.

Installing new decking in the west hall.

New decking in place west hall.

New decking installed and ready to go - West hall.

Excavating east hall, note the use of plywood sheets to drive and stand on. Soil has consistency of mashed potatoes.

Removing rotten floor structure in east hall with a chain and a tractor.

Hauling in fresh crushed stone to replace the moldy muck removed earlier.

Installing drain tile under the stage in the east hall.

East hall decking installed.

Looking toward the stage with new decking in place.

Constructing the new floor in the east hall.

Using a jackhammer to break up the old floor beneath the kitchen. Note pump in lower-right corner used to keep water at bay while working.

Defective drain system dumps kitchen waste directly onto the floor instead of into the sewer / septic system.

Flash flooding ruins much of the Peace Garden in late June, but also serves to prove our newly-installed drain tiles function perfectly. Note water cascade by arrow.

Brand new 5000 CFM industrial de-humidifier begins to "fight back" against the mold and damp.

15 yards of crushed stone piled under the newly constructed hallway will be disbursed and graded by hand in the crawl space.

Crawl space under the east hall, 2 x 10 floor joists have rotten in half and collapsed.

Cutting open the tongue and groove flooring to begin removal.

Interior view of east hall fireplace following a rain shower, the light colored patches are dry, the rest is wet from seepage.

East hall tongue and groove flooring damaged during removal, this flooring was removed once before in 1956 to facilitate repair of the original CCC decking.

West hall crawl space, note water flow in the valley down the center and mold growth on beams and soil.

Failed concrete footing under the kitchen, note mold on beams and walls.

West hall tongue and groove flooring banded up and ready for storage.

Tar paper installed between the plywood decking and tongue and groove flooring trapped moisture in the crawl space, causing the floor to rot from the bottom up, note still damp water stains on the plywood in a dusty dry room.

Crawl space under the kitchen, old CCC wood fired cook stove is a pile of rust.

Annual crawl space flooding, note high water mark on the wall and moisture dripping from pipes and joists.

Beneath the hallway connecting the kitchen and grand entrance, some joists crumble with bare hands.

Crawl space entrance and staircase, this is an "add-on" from some unknow date. original crawl space access gained through trap door in kitchen (now boarded over) note soil erosion and foundation breaks.

Bottom of crawl space staircase looking out and up. Note high water mark on door.

Removing nails from the tongue and groove flooring.

Beginning to excavate soil from the West Hall crawl space.

East Hall floor removed, note soil erosion in center of floor and white mold on surface.

East Hall entrance door, note rotted sill plate and mold damage.

East Hall entrance door #2, water-induced damage.

West Hall wall crack runs through the footing.

West Hall floor removed, note water leakage on fireplace front following rain storm.

Hallway connecting kitchen and Grand Entrance, note mold growing on joists.

Floor joists exposed in East Hall.

Floor joists in West Hall exposed.

1937 CCC Log Lodge

Rear view of lodge with crawlspace entrance.

South-facing view.

North view, many damaged rafters.

East view with handcarved granite fireplace needs tuckpointing.

East hall, all windows need restoration.

Kitchen area, source of crawlspace water, bad drainage.

Another view of kitchen area.

Stone wall foundation damage, note cracks.

This is part of the failed concrete footing holding up the kitchen. This crack appeared for the first time in the spring of 2007.

The concrete footing underneath this wall has failed, allowing the log wall to drop.

Removing the original tongue and groove flooring, mostly maple and oak.

Unrestored view of the east hall.

Another unrestored view of the east hall.

Unrestored view of the west hall.

Another unrestored view of the west hall, note the failed foundation in the far corner where all walls are angling down.

Unrestored view of the west hall.

Looking from the west hall to the east hall through the grand entrance.

West hall fireplace in need of tuckpointing.

Each tongue and groove board has been numbered and mapped to ensure it goes back into its original position once restoration is complete.

Stage in the east hall; Each tongue and groove board has been numbered and mapped.

Tongue and groove flooring removed from the west hall, awaiting banding and storage until re-installation in Fall of 2007.

Original 1937 floor decking, note the orange cones that designate where there are holes in the flooring.

West hall tongue and groove flooring stacked in the east hall awaiting banding and storage.

In the days before concrete anchors, the CCC workers attached wooden trim to the rock walls by embedding 2x4 nailers in the concrete.

A Painstaking Process!

Conference room doors added to the east hall, circa 1950?