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Davenport Times

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

BUSY DAY Continued from page 1

Courtesy photos/Carey Guhlke

Here’s the Straub barn before restoration began (left) and after the work was completed.

Piece of local history gets facelift

Authorities accounted for everyone on the south side of the river, but NPS personnel called off search efforts on the north shore due to the unstable ground about an hour after the initial report. ■ Meanwhile, emergency personnel, who had been sent out at about 12:30, were busy with the incident that claimed Roger Dudley’s life near the Seven Bays Resort. The Spokane man had been ﬁshing in a boat with another man when he lost his pole and entered the water to retrieve it. Attempts to help by his friend and later, three people aboard a pontoon boat, were unsuccessful. Paramedics administered CPR

for about 45 minutes, but without positive results. ■ John and Linda Kehler, 64 and 62, respectively, of Forsyth, Mont., were injured along I-90 just inside Lincoln County after they got out of their 2005 Chevy Tahoe to secure a load and were struck by another westbound vehicle. A 1993 Ford Escort driven by Anastasis Hadjiantonis, 46, of Spokane, was demolished after it ﬁrst attempted to change lanes and struck a third car driven by Robert G. Dew, 21, of Lind. The Escort overcorrected, according to the Washington State Patrol, and struck the Tahoe, sending it crashing into the Kehlers. John Kehler was transported by MedStar helicopter to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, where he was listed in serious condition. Linda Kehler was in satisfactory condition.

Restoration grant contributes money for makeover of Straub barn By CAREY GUHLKE Special to the Times A drive through the wheat ﬁelds of rural Eastern Washington provides large glimpses into the past for those who are looking. Looming, red barns – many of which resemble merely a pile of lumber – dot the countryside and leave a marker for what once was there. Most are accompanied by other outbuildings and large farmhouses that are now uninhabitable. One barn in particular catches the eyes of many passersby and has received a well-deserved touch of paint among many other things to preserve its status as historical. “This old barn has – for whatever reason – been photographed and inquired about more than any other barn I know,” said Crayton Guhlke, owner and local retired farmer. The barn and surrounding land was passed down to Guhlke by his grandfather, Charles Straub, who bought the land in 1895 and returned to Germany to retrieve his new bride, Maria Kappas. The couple moved here from Germany in 1899 and, after discovering the home they had planned to live in had been overtaken and moved by another homesteader, stayed with neighbors until they could start building a new house. They built the barn in 1902. Guhlke estimates that some seven families have lived in the house, which remains in use by Guhlke’s grandson, Curtis Guhlke, and his family. “It’s important to me to keep things like this around – it reminds us of where we all came from,” Guhlke said. “I hope that years from now my family appreciated that we did this. A lot of kids were raised here.” In May 2007, Washington passed the Heritage Barn Preservation Bill which gives financial aid toward the restoration of old barns like Guhlke’s. After going through the application process and registering the barn with the Heritage Barn Register, Guhlke was awarded a grant to restore it through the Department of

Archeology and Historical Preservation. His is one of about 160 that are considered “Heritage Barns” and one of 18 that were awarded grant money for restoration. Guhlke thinks that is due partly to the barn being near SR 2 where people can easily enjoy the picture-perfect farm scene. “In the past few years we have noticed so many barns have fallen due to weather – winds and ﬂoods – and age. These are symbols of our agricultural background, values and heritage,” said Jerri Honeyford, chair of the Barn Advisory Committee, responsible for making grant award decisions. “I want my grandchildren to experience barns and I was afraid there would be too few left due to the high cost of roof repair and foundation repairs which are usually the major problems.”

For Guhlke, the restoration was all about protecting the outside of the barn while preserving the inside. The barn has a new concrete foundation that is stronger than the old-style rock foundations, but is made to look like the original. The building has been straightened, leveled and reinforced. Sections of siding that Guhlke was able to salvage were rebuilt into the restoration and a metal roof was installed for ﬁre protection. The cupola – a signature of this particular barn – was rebuilt due to the original being beyond restoration. In order to make all the repairs and restorations Guhlke was able to round up a crew of qualiﬁed carpenters, painters and handymen who, in a matter of 11 weeks, were able to turn the barn from dilapidated to once again a dominant feature in the

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