The front and back porches are getting a new traffic coating to help them shed water – preventing it from leaking into the basement of the Study – and seal and unify all the small cracks in the stone. The gray sticky stuff was the first layer to go down, […]
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The first panel of new copper is on the roof! Workers are braving the wind to install the new roof on the east side of the building. As predicted, it’s bright and shiny, so if you can make it out to see the progress, make sure you bring your sunglasses! […]
Workers removed the copper from the south side of the Study earlier this week. That leaves two sides without copper and two sides still covered. You can see the wooden decking and battens, just like what they found on the east side, before they installed the weatherproof barrier. From their […]
It’s been a week of tantalizing research leads. One of the more interesting leads walked in the door on Thursday morning. Mr. Johns from Tennessee came for a visit at the Museum and told us that during the Civil War, General Wallace was in Lavergne, Tennessee, near Murfreesboro when he […]
The front steps of the Study got reset today after their “vacation” on the lawn. Construction workers relaid support underneath the steps – instead of the piles of loose bricks – and then moved the steps back in place. Years ago, a previous crew apparently patched a sizable gap between […]
wabashvolunteers 011, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Athlete volunteers from Wabash College move picnic tables on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum as part of their Wabash Day community assistance activities.
wabashvolunteers 014, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Athlete volunteers from Wabash College help scrape paint from the 1875 Carriage House on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum as part of their Wabash Day community assistance activities.
Earlier this week, the construction workers put up a sample piece of the new copper that will become the dome. They wanted to make sure they had the measurements correct and that the copper would fit properly over the curvature and battens before they cut enough for the whole building […]
Walk in the footsteps of a literary giant with The Town that Lew Knew, a free architecture walking tour of Crawfordsville. We’ll see buildings in the neighborhood and business district that were here when Wallace walked the leaf-lined avenues. The tour starts at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 9, at the […]
Ratio Architects from Indianapolis began the paint analysis by revealing what lies underneath the current paint layer. This preliminary test uncovered small pieces of the walls in different places in the Study: the entryway, under the benches by the fireplace, along the flowered frieze, and more. Surprise! The entryway of […]