Ft .Zumwalt update - Looks like it's done!

 Here is how it looked all those years ago.

Here it is yesterday.

Roughly the same view.

Ft Zumwalt update. . . .

Drove by to check on the progress of this almost finished rebuild of the old fort in OFallon, Mo.

 Spring is coming along nicely by the old fort.

 As we can see, work is about done on the reconstruction. They even have the insdie furnished for the most part.
Windows and doors are period and look great.

 Nice stone work on the chimney.

Here is how it looked way back when.

And here is the same view today.

 Looking up from down the hill.

 The south side.

They have even put in a small herb garden.

Ft. Zumwalt update 3/18/15 - almost done.

We last visited Ft. Zumwalt in Sept. 2014, and this is how it was looking. Roof rafters on the middle cabin just starting to go up. None on the cabin to the right yet.

Here us how it looks today.
During a mild winter, a lot of work got done.

 Rafters on both of the bigger cabins now and so are the wood shingles.

 Here is a better view.

 Windows and doors are starting to be framed.

 And rocks are going between the logs to hold the chinking.

 Close up of the rock work.

This is how it originally looked many, many years ago.

And this is how the rebuild looks today.

A very great job.

Ft Zumwalt update!

As you can see, all the wall logs are up and Jessie is working on the roof rafters.

Ft. Zumwalt update - July 2014

 I drive through the park every so often to see how the progress is going.
And I was pleasantly surprised yet again.

I the fore ground you can see some hewn logs arranged like another cabin is going up.
Jesse is either shaping, cutting and fitting the logs before raising them and the far west end (so he doesn't have to raise and lower them more than once), or it is a display for a festival this weekend.
I am going with the former.

 From the east-north east end.

From the north east.
You can see some progress on the far end second story.

 A closer look at this tidy building.

 You can now see floor joists in both the middle section and the west section.

 A closer look at the joists and how they fit.
he will trim the lengths before chinking.

Inside.

 The logs above the fireplace on the west building.

 Same mantle from the middle room.

This, the eastern most of the three, would make a nice little cabin on it's own.

Note how the top shingles over hang the ridge?
This is done with the prevailing wind, before we had ridge caps or tin for roofing.
This is just one of a couple ways to do it, and, like the structure, very old school.