Gone Chinkin'

Volunteers are always helping with restoration of the Terrace Mill Historic District. In 2005, during the hot summer days, Donna Sandmeyer and Richard Grella decided to fill in the cracks between the logs. The old chinking had become easy to scrape away with your fingers. Light and ventilation was falling through the cracks between the logs. Rather than the old recipe of cow manure and straw, a mortar mix was used.