I wonder how old the church is, and how much land is with it?
I know there are huge sand quarries in the back not too far where the kids do four-wheeling etc. I also hate to see the old wood and pews are let come to ruin. It has no foundation, so the floor could be gone and it would only be good for parts. Many old places like that in Maine, and any normal person wouldn't live in Maine anyway unless they were forced to. Nice place to visit, but then leave. ;)
That front door lintle very closely resembles the front door on our house, which Al is trying to strip as best he can and re-paint right now.
I will have to give my son a jog to check it out and find out the age if he can. I didn't get a chance to walk the cemetary to see the oldest graves, but they were very old in appearance. Just some ordinary quaintness of the n'oth woods.
I learn about this Barn Saver when I watched This Old House series how they would even take apart a frame and tag each joint and put it up elsewhere.....Sometimes it is just a skelton left that is salvage!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1396247/posts?page=3007#3007
Barns finding second lives
MARC LEVY Associated Press
An AP article about John, written from the 2004 Pa. Farm Show:
HARRISBURG, Pa. - As a wrecking-ball operator for an excavating company, John High hated knocking down old barns so that the wood could be burned or carted off to a landfill.
If he knew a barn was doomed, he'd try to get in there beforehand and save some of the more valuable and easier-to-remove pieces, such as doors or floor boards. Con't
http://www.barnsaver.com/