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Show ey etalk istoric Charleston Barn Restoration Looks Promising’ — ~ KIRSTEN SHAW family to the quiet valley he loved. The gentleman, known for his kind- “COURIER STAFF or centuries, the hills of. ness and hospitality, died in 1936. His widow and son continued ranch management until the parks system obtained the property in 1961. | stood change. Immigrants Last fall, Utah’s parks division dismantled the barn, in hopes tem- settled the valley, building porarily, to prevent its collapse. In 1994 a devastating snowstorm tore then across the fields, its load bringing a section of the barn’s roof down. progress brought with it popula- tion, -forever changing the pas- toral one “We dismantled it because we were afraid that it would collapse,” has weathered the storms and said Nancy Davenport, Utah State Park development director and Chair of the Tate Barn Project. “Every time we got a wind storm in Heber, we thought it would come shifts for nearly 100 years. was a real liability issue.” the historic Tate Barn, Born on farm the the Monstrous “There are not many yet : gentle percheron _ \ & tures and = rane draft horses, 3 “purebred ‘short. _ ~ horn cattle and— pele 2 Sa reconstruction. | Of TIS TYPE 3 of architecture in ro | ¢4],° Utah. the English barn housing hay — Er nch ° - ‘from forests.. the construction eT 1 , ni of mortise-and-tenon joints, with slots and “inserts,° and« wood All of | the dowels will be used. manors ieee, rebuilding the barn Tudors and are. that granacn that old still around.” things past. The family _ eagerly KURT APOSTOL Charleston’s Euclid think aon anticipates ; i 6x ; t i I ‘ ————— { ; ' who visit the property and about the IMAGES meth- oc. including the use with traditional meth- ods will cost $360,000. tion own WEST Wasatch Traditional = Utah- State Parks _ originally estimated _ the ‘barn’s. construc- of his AND Trestlewood reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake will j join the original spruce and fir. with dad. IMAGES The majority of the barn’s wood innumerable summers working the dairy WEST LIGHT was Salvageable and will be used in farm but raised nearby, Tate spent his AND ?} as a child. SCHULTZ rere farm OF DAVID clutches the Tate Barn. down and children would be in it. It Francis Tate spent many years on the COURTESY Winter nny yy Pn structuré, But | environment. 7 and _ farms; ~ homes - Timber Framers barn’s raising. “Tm real excited. I go up all the time and still enjoy it, looking at it- I’m not sad about it’s coming down because it’s going to go back up,” said Tate from his Salt Lake City home. He writes to his sister, who lives in Arizona, often to update her on the barn’s renovation. “We had a summer home up the ‘road, used to go up all summer and work on the farm and just visit and— sete ie : ‘Tate migrated from England as a child in the 19th century. The Salt Lake businessman divided his time between the Wasatch Front and the ranch for years before he moved his = would me e COURTESY OF DAVID SCHULTZ LIGHT A ghost in Autumn’ s mist. cost - $200, 000, but blending historic remedia~ tion efforts with modern requirements is expensive and the cost nearly. doubled. A substantial water line must be installed, ag_—s wells as __fire _ hydrants, electricity and fire retardant cedar shingles to meet requirements for a state buildins... State parks contributed $50,000, followed by a challenge grant for the same amount by the George S. and Dolores Eccles foundation. A donor. who wishes to remain anonymous graciously offered $75,000. The Friends of the Wasatch Mountain. State Park and the Midway Boosters donated $5,000 and $2,000, respectively. The Heber Valley railroad raised $4,000 forthe barn at two events. In- kind donations have totaled more than $110,000, including trestle- : eS - COURTESY OF DAVID SCHULTZ AND WEST LIGHT IMAGES Sunflower’s and Summer’s blue sky. wood and labor. The park bureau continues to seek addition funds, and donors who submit more than $100,000 will be named on a permanent plaque at the barn site. “Our goal is to finish prior to the 2002 Olympics,” Davenport said. “I feel very, very positive that will hapTATE BARN continued on B4 |