Construction Timeline
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"But finally the day came, and with a storm forecasted, we started moving up here on Saturday, September 20. Bob
was in school, so Billie and I had to carry our belongings and tear down the shack, then use that lumber again to
board in living quarters at the house. After making a gillion trips -then helping pull nails on the side, by
night I was so tired I didn't know my name. All day Billie would say, ‘It's sure going to rain like the dickens
before we get moved’. But with all the threatening clouds, it didn't rain then. So Sunday we finished boarding
in, and with Bob's help, by sun-down we were again housed in". Bea Adams, September 22, 1939 |
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| The family of three moved into a section of the incomplete house. The area that was boarded in for their "winter quarters" was approximately 8’x 26’, and their walls were tarpaper and the siding from the tent/shack. | ||
| 10/1939 | Kitchen sink installed; cold water only | |
| 12/1939 | Redwood siding deliverd - put up inside first | |
| 12/23/1939 | Celloglass, shower drain and pipe purchased; pepper trees have been planted | |
| 1940 | ||
| 02/14/1940 | Electricity installed | |
| 02/1940 | Brick floor started | |
| 05/01/1940 | Plumbing installation OK'd after changes; some outside siding installed | |
| 06/02/1940 | 1 sliding celloglass door installed, not very successful | |
| 06/21/1940 | Shower fixtures and toilet flush-box installed | |
| 07/03/1940 | Shower completed, but no hot water | |
| 07/06/1940 | Power saw purchased | |
| 08/02/1940 | 10 celloglass doors installed; all tarpaper removed | |
| 08/10/1940 | Butane tank purchased for gas stove | |
| 11/10/1940 | Fireplace started | |
| 11/25/1940 | First hot water heater | |
| 1941 | ||
| 01/10/1941 | Carport and hot water heater shed completed | |
| 03/10/1941 | Some kitchen cabinets in | |
| 08/08/1941 | Rear shed framing up | |
| 1942 | ||
| 01/12/1942 | Gas heaters converted to burn butane, in use | |
| 12/13/1942 | Ceiling up in Bob's bedroom | |
| 1943 | ||
| 10/14/1943 | Mr. Wright ordering tule mat for roof | |
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Bill Adams all set up for building screen doors. | |
| 12/1943 | Glass doors and screens installed | |
| 1944 | ||
| 01/1944 | Tule mat not delivered; cedar shakes used | |
| 03/1944 | Glass delivered for windows | |
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| 08/1944 | Brick floors "terrazzo ground" - not dry enough to wax and seal until 1/45 | |
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