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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and Historic Routt County teamed up to form the inaugural Routt County Historic Preservation Crew.
Joining forces to educate youth about historic preservation and service learning, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and Historic Routt County implemented this new program targeting local youth for summer employment. Launched in June, this first ever program engaged local youth/young adults with a local building contractor to complete priority preservation projects for great public benefit. The iconic More Barn and the adjacent Yock Family Homestead both were rehabilitated over the summer by local Routt County youth. The crew not only spent their summer outdoors but were also able to contribute to the historic preservation movement.
The following is a list of project accomplishments from the summer:
More Barn
1. Straightening a building (machine shed) that had racked to one side (out of plumb), and secured it with bracing and post repair;
2. Preparing a historic plaster mix using horse and human hair and re-daubing (often misstated as chinking) a historic log building;
3. Learned about creating positive drainage to prevent water penetration at sills of historic buildings (Barn and Cabin);
4. Restored historic post and rail fence, corral, and loading chute from photo-documentation.
Yock Cabin
5. Dismantled and documented historic log structure using photographs and labeling key on drawings;
6. Learned how to cut square notches to tie logs together at corners;
7. Learned how to measure and cut new logs to replace missing (decomposed) or irreparable logs;
8. Installed drainage tile in trench dug to enable water flow to low corner and away from building;
9. Learned to level foundation stones and set logs level around perimeter;
10. Each of crew members could cut and build a log structure on their own;
11. Learned how to cut and install roof sheathing using historic method of overlapped (two layers) pine sheathing installed from ridge to eave making water tight roof;
12. Achieved proficiency with shovel, pick axe, hammer, masonry tools (daubing), level, transit, circular saw, scaffolding, hand operated fork lift, drills, and screw guns.
Check back-photos coming soon!
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