Photos courtesy of North House The “black” phase of the North House Folk School’s color-coded “Raise the Roof” campus improvement plan is well under way with construction of a sturdy timber-frame blacksmith shop. Above right: At the end of July, the heavy timber frame was complete and it was lifted by an Edwin E. Thoreson, Inc. crane to the foundation. Above left: Staff and service learning students helped set the giant timber frame on its foundation.
Top: In June, campus visitors needed to use their imagination to see what the blacksmith shop would look like as just the foundation was in place. Above: Gary Dolan of Trenton, Missouri was one of the many people involved in the finishing touches after the timber frame was set. Dolan was having a great time wielding a giant hammer.
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