Dad, Uncle Gordon, Mr Clark and several other of dad's Mason

Dad, Uncle Gordon, Mr Clark and several other of dad’s Mason friends and church friends actually did the work. In a relatively short time they ripped off half of the front of the house and the entire side and a bunch of the roof. They lengthened the floor joists and changed the roof design to add the forward facing gable. Then they framed in the changes and got the place weather tight.

My job was to stay out of the way.

Once the place was weather tight, the intense work stopped and mom and dad worked afternoons and on weekends to finish the inside. I think the inside work took a couple of intense months and the kitchen redo may have lingered for a coupe of years.

It turned out pretty darn well for an inexpensive, postwar house.

Another comment on the house. This house was on blocks not a slab. So beneath ones feet was a one inch floorboard and then air. When a ‘blue norther’ blew in, the cold air surrounded the house including the floor and dang it was cold to walk on.