A little Wigwam Maintenance.
The shutters on the Wigwam have been looking a little sad for sometime now, so a couple of volunteers decided to do something about that.
The north facing shutters, seen here, had become leaf catchers, home to many wasps nests and rusted into position at their hinges. With the buildings worst exposure to weather, they've faded badly and needed attention.
The north wall with the shutters removed.
Packed up and headed out for a little cleaning and paint.
Lined up and ready to face the power washer.
Once power washed they we're scraped, primed and painted.
Here's the south wall with the shutters refurbished and replaced. They're painted a dark green, a little greener than this photo might suggest. The northern wall shutters will be returned to position shortly.
The shutters on the north wall have now been refurbished and replaced.
We've removed the lower shutters from the front of the building and will clean, scrape and paint them shortly, we just need to find a long enough ladder to reach the second story windows.
We found one; now we need a volunteer to climb it!
We found one of those too.
Stopped by the Wigwam on 8/21/14 to find the Amherst Painting Company scraping and painting. The front shutters will be re-installed tomorrow on the building.
It's a beautiful day, 8/23/14, the Amherst Painters have completed their work as have the people who refurbished the shutters. You might notice that we're missing two though. That's in the works too. A little cosmetic work during the summer of 2014 and the building is looking much sharper.
The Wigwam, during the Parker family reunion in 1920.
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