FHP - Belle Plaine House

for the past year or so, i've been volunteering with the Friends of Historic Preservation - Iowa City. specifically, i go out with the salvage crew to houses across the area that are going to be taken down and help with the salvage of floors, doors, hardware, tubs, sinks, light fixtures, built-ins and even entire staircases. anything and everything that can be of use is taken back to the Salvage Barn to be inventoried and priced for the public to buy.

most often, the houses where we do these salvages are far out in the country and often they are very old. many of the ones i have been involved in were over 100 years old. recently we finished up salvage on one near Belle Plaine. the house was vaguely Queen Anne-esque, probably built sometime between 1890 and 1910. we took up almost all of the flooring (some was unsalvageable due to recent water damage from flooding), many doors and even the upper windows, casings and all. here are some pictures for your perusal. oh, and if this sounds like something you might be interested in, please contact FHP via the link above. we always need more volunteers.

front corner

front

front/left side

left side

back

bundled flooring

wildflowers