An interesting phone call...

**Camp10** · 10-24-2010, 07:35 PM

So, I was just planning on doing some finish work on a few knives this weekend and winterizing the outboards when the phone rang yesterday about mid morning.

On the other end was my FIL. He is a builder and has been working on a remodel in Kingfield (about an hour from home) The property had an old chicken coop on it that was build about 100 years ago. It had been turned into a cabin back in the 50's or early 60's and the owners of the place back then had set it up for a MIL.

Well, to make a long story short, he was asked if he wanted it and he decided he would take it up to camp and set it up there. I was asked to help...I guess it sounded like it might be a fun adventure.

We grabbed a few farm jacks (hi-lift) and a whole bunch of blocking and hooked on the trailer and headed up Saturday around lunch time. When we got there, it was about 8" off the ground and sitting on cedar posts but I wasnt smart enough to get the phone camera out until we had started the trailer under the building.

We got it ready Saturday night but waited until Sunday to haul it...it was kind of big and we thought it might be better to move it when everyone was still in bed. Here it is, heading to Phillips with my MIL's Honda in the lead, followed by FIL with the trailer and me taking up the rear.

I didnt get any pics of it in it's new location either...I can get them next weekend though. Sorry the pics stink...it was with the cell phone!

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**Winnie** · 10-25-2010, 04:06 AM

That was a chicken coop?! I could happily live out the rest of my days in it! What a score.

**hunter63** · 10-25-2010, 10:54 AM

Nice score, that will add some space!
You should have seen what i had to go through to haul shed home from the local high school, story for another day.

Looks like y'all got your stuff together, congrats!

**BENESSE** · 10-25-2010, 11:07 AM

What a cool little cabin!
Heck, you can raise a family of 4 in it here in NYC.

**klickitat** · 10-25-2010, 04:55 PM

Nice score.

**crashdive123** · 10-25-2010, 04:59 PM

Great looking cabin. I never would have guessed that it started life as a chicken coop. The history of that cabin is an interesting one for sure.

**Swamprat1958** · 10-25-2010, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Winnie

That was a chicken coop?! I could happily live out the rest of my days in it! What a score.

I could too, but my wife and kids would find it a little cramped.

**Camp10** · 10-25-2010, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Great looking cabin. I never would have guessed that it started life as a chicken coop. The history of that cabin is an interesting one for sure.

If you look at the second to last picture, you can see the hatch door the chickens would have used to get into the yard. The history? It gets a little more interesting... this property is where my wife's grandmother was born and raised. The MIL that lived in this coop must have been an aunt to her. The place was sold out of the family back in the 60's and was recently picked up by a friend of the family.

It's been a tool shed for the past 40 years (probably) but it will be a camp of sorts soon. My in-laws finally told me the rest of the plan for the place...it will be setup for my oldest son as a camp of his own.

**Rick** · 10-25-2010, 07:17 PM

I love seeing old stuff get a new life. I'd really like to see pics down the road once he gets it set up and slaps a new coat of paint on it. I'm glad the move went well and you didn't get hung up on any low wires or stopped by the local Gendarmes.