This is the photo story of the storm damage to Village
Restorations, Inc., and the subsequent decisions to raze the building and close
the business, culminating in an antique auction June 24, 2000.
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With a home in Valders damaged by the
storm, owners Dan and Sarah Carroll did not arrive at the St.
Nazianz scene until several hours after the storm, this what they
found.
The east side of the building, located on CTH "C", just
one block west of CTH "A".
Their historic storefront, repair and refinishing shops had once
been owned by Miller Implement.
The roof and most of the second floor was simply gone, with heavy
structural damage. The roof section which was on top of their
building, actually belonged to a different building!
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Note the 2x6 sticking thru the wall! |
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The flattened section apparently showing where the
neighbors roof hit the building. The impact of that roof
hitting their own shifted the building on it's foundation while
devasting the second floor and made recovery work fairly dangerous
and in some cases impossible. |
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East side of the building. |
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Interior wall on the first floor. |
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Former kitchen on the second floor. |
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Sarah commented that the crews worked all night on
May 12 to clean up the town and make things accessible. In
her case they swept the sidewalk in front of their place and
stationed Army Reserves at her storefront all night for security |
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Second floor where recovery of heirloom items was
made very difficult. |
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The area struck by the neighbors roof section which
ended up shifting the entire building. |
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A portion of the $7000 roof work done in 1998, lies
hanging from the building. Most of the roof was not found. |
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The clean up crews start behind the
Opera House, clearing out one lot and then starting on Village
Restorations. |
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Somehow Sarah's most valuable family item of her
own, a set of pictures of relatives, is neatly sitting on the
table where she left it. Tho now drenched in rain and
covered by several sections of walls and ceilings, Dan is able to
retrieve them and takes them to a photo restoration specialist who
is able to salvage them! |
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Second floor hallway. |
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Insurance adjusters tell them they can remove any
architectural portions of the building they want, here Dan work on
removing some of the heating system. |
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Here is the spray booth where Dan would have have
been working if he were to have been there the day of the storm. |
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Demolition proceeds even with more rain
on May 30. |
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The structure is "compacted" by the
backhoe and then loaded in "roll off" units and
transported to the landfill site. |
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Soon it is returned to the vacant lot it once was
when first being settled....... |
