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Show The Park Record C-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 27-30, 2017 Continued From C-1 Annual party will offer tours pletely finished in December,” Carey told The Park Record. “Friends of the Farm volunteers will be here to explain things to people, and I’ve taught them everything I know from growing up on a farm. And Anya Grahn, Park City Municipal’s historic preservation planner, will write up a script so volunteers can answer other questions people will be sure to have.” The event will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, June 1. Tickets will cost $30 each and can be purchased by visiting parkcityrecreation.org or by visiting PC Marc, 1200 Little Kate Road. There will only be 120 tickets available and children ages 5 and younger will be able to attend the event for free. No dogs will be allowed. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. with a social, which will be followed by a ribbon cutting and dedication at 6 p.m. “We’re hoping to have Mayor Jack Thomas and some City Council members say a few words,” Carey said. Patricia McPolin -- the daughter of the late Betty McPolin, who passed away on Jan. 31 -- will also speak. “We are hoping to have different members of the McPolin family here as well, especially Dean Burt, Betty’s husband,” Carey said. “We’re keeping our fingers crossed because he is heartbroken about her death.” Other speakers will include, Carey and Dave Anderson from Hogan Construction. “I guess I will have to talk, too,” Carey said with a laugh. “The Friends of the Farm had a plaque made for Betty that will be placed on the farmhouse.” The evening will continue with dinner catered by Spencer’s Smokin’ Grill at 6:30 p.m. “Live music will be provided by the Motherlode Canyon Band, and the rest of the night will be Celebrating nine years of Wine Tasting events Provide a FUN and educational time for your guests! Birthday Parties Outdoor Receptions Corporate events Choose from popular themes like... Sommelier Smackdown™ The Blind Leading the Blind™ Passport to the World™ Other services... Wine-pairing suggestions for parties and weddings Private sommelier services Don’t miss our public classes offered all year long! www.FoxSchoolofWine.com 435.655.WINE (9463) Featured in Expedia's "26 Most Extravagant Vacations in the World" Tanzi Propst/park record During the “Our Barn Door Is Open” party, tourists can see steel beams that have been interspersed among the original wood beams on the lower floor of the McPolin barn. The wood beams were made from supports taken out of local mines. filled with dancing on the patio,” Carey said. Carey encourages people who are coming to the barbecue to walk or ride bicycles because parking will be limited. Also, free shuttles will run from 5:15-6 p.m. from PC Marc to McPolin Farm, and returns shuttles will run from 8-8:45 p.m. Carey is mostly looking forward to the tours. “Hogan Construction did a great job on the upgrades,” she said. Crews installed a number of steel supports among the barn’s original posts that were made from timbers taken from the mines “They blended in real nice,” Carey said. “Before we did the structural upgrades, everything was supported by cabling and you actually had to duck to get around.” The barn measures 7,468 square feet, including the loft. The milking parlor that was added in the 1950s by the Osguthorpes, who bought the farm from the McPolins in 1948, tacked on an additional 1,500 square feet. “The windows in the milking parlor are all original, so we were able to replicate them throughout the barn,” Carey said. The hayloft was also reinforced with steel buttresses and columns. “We put in a new floor, because there were a few places you stepped and wondered if you were going to fall through,” Carey said. Contractors also added new walls. “They took down all the original boards and numbered them so they could put the boards back on the walls after the upgrade,” Car- ey said. “I came up one day when they were doing it and saw all the wood stacked and numbered. It was amazing. “You can still see through the gaps between the wood on the walls because when it was originally built it was built without nails, and they wanted air to pass through so it wouldn’t blow over and collapse.” Carey said the total budget for the renovation was $1.4 million, and the completed project came in around $1.1 million. “There are still some little things that we still need to fix,” she said. Crews found some artifacts, including milk cans, overalls, springs from a wagon or tractor, and a milking stool. “We also found a drum that was still full of molasses that was fed to the chickens to fatten them up,” Carey said. “In order to move the drum, one of the workers, had to siphon out the molasses, because we were afraid it would break open and we’d have a really big mess.” Carey, who will retire in the fall, said she would like to see the McPolin Barn tours continue. “We don’t want to do anything else, like weddings or receptions, because we would have to make more changes and that would take the farm off the Historic Register,” she said. “I’m hoping they’ll will bring someone in who loves this place as much as I do.” Tickets to “Our Barn Door Is Open” will go on sale on Thursday, June 1. The event will be held on Saturday, June 24. To purchase tickets and for information, log onto www.pcrecration.org or visit PC Marc, 1200 Little Kate Road. |