Notaviva Vineyards Blog

« Construction Daily | Main | Demolition Day Two »

May 22, 2006

Demolition Day One

Wow. The old house is gone. No words will do it justice, you just have to check out the pictures.

Demolition Day One Gallery

Tough to describe the emotions, but it was pretty sad at times, especially when they tore out the bedroom where we slept all those times we came down from CT when we were working on the wedding. That was rough to watch.

We were able to save quite a few cool pieces from the old house, which we intend to clean up and display in the new tasting room:
- hand-painted fireplace insert dating to Civil War era
- dozens of hand-forged nails, hooks, and spikes
- original logs not chewed up by termites
- original hand-forged pot hook and chain built into the original chimney in 1807 (a museum-quality piece)

Happy Birthday to me - I turned 38 today. What a great present - beginning this year-long construction project!

Posted by Stephen at May 22, 2006 9:54 PM