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Photos of the Big Spring Lodge & Cabins restoration project from June 2023

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An alleyway between a coursed cut stone building on the left and a similar stone retaining wall on the right. The hillside above the retaining wall shows a forest of leafless trees and one tall pine in the foreground.

Before Photo: Lodge Retaining ...

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A narrow alleyway between a building with brown painted wooden siding done in a board-and-baton style with an overhanging roof with brown rain gutters and a mossy stone retaining wall. Green forest and brush cover the hillside above the retaining wall, and various plants overhang the wall.

Before Photo: Alley Behind the...

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A 360 degree photo of the scene from Image 1, except that the retaining wall has been removed and the hillside pared back to reveal red clay and freshly exposed white dolomite bedrock. Also shown is the construction area beside the building with orange mesh barriers separating several areas and stone blocks removed from the retaining wall stacked and partially covered with a tarp. Forest with green leaves covering the trees covers the hillside above the area that is being worked.

Site Prepped for Retaining Wal...

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A 360 degree photo set beyond the end of the alley shown in Image 2. The retaining wall and the end of the alley have been removed and the hillside flattened to make room for an area surrounded by a concrete footing with rebar protruding from the top. The footing is bordered by dense, green foliage on the side perpendicular to the end of the building. The end of the building has a coursed cut stone foundation and wooden siding with a peaked roof. In the former alleyway, the siding has been removed from the building and the stones removed from the retaining wall. The hillside has been pared back, revealing fresh white dolomite and red clay.

New Mechanical Courtyard

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Seen from slightly above, a wooden building with the siding removed so that the interior structure of the walls, made of vertical studs and horizontal cross beams, fills the foreground. The roof is peaked and is covered with breathable sheeting in advance of shingle installation. A coursed cut stone chimney can be seen at the back of the building. In the background, two waterways run side by side, both muddy and swollen, partially masked by leafless trees in the middle distance. In the far distance, hills covered in leafless forest can be seen.

New Roof Getting Started

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