Karl - Nice slide show. Looks like there is much worth saving, though despite the all the images it will be hard for anyone to give you an accurate sense of what it might take, and how much such an effort might cost without putting eyes on...

I have an associate in Portage County, so none so far from you, who just returned home to Wisconsin after many months out east helping us on a covered bridge restoration. He has a degree in historic preservation from the Building Preservation Technology Program at Belmont Technical College and has restored and surveyed barns over much of the state.

He could perhaps offer a professional opinion, but like many timber framers and preservation carpenters, he does not frequent this forum. If you PM me I'd be happy to pass along his contact information.

Also, a call to the Guild office might get you a short list of people.


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