Volunteers say construction is going well, and they've recently finished a few steps like laying floors and pouring concrete outside.
BLUFFTON, OH (WLIO) - The Swiss Community Historical Society is making progress on their new Heritage Center.
While the finished center will have modern features like indoor bathrooms and air conditioning, the construction is still utilizing historically accurate techniques that the settlers would have used, like wooden tendons in place of nails.
Volunteers say construction is going well, and they've recently finished a few steps like laying floors and pouring concrete outside. The structure is a combination of a rebuilt 1800's barn original to the Schumacher Homestead and new rooms that have been added to it.
While the finished center will have modern features like indoor bathrooms and air conditioning, the construction is still utilizing historically accurate techniques that the settlers would have used, like wooden tendons in place of nails. The completed building is going to help the society reach even more people to share the stories of the area's first residents.
The Swiss Community Historical Society hopes to have the Heritage Center completed by this fall.
"Hopefully, this will be a nice education area for kids to come out from Pandora and other local schools in surrounding areas. We'll probably have a lot more room in here to display more items that we have stored. Currently, we don't have everything displayed just because of how much room we have, and hopefully this will help out with that a lot," said Jason Althaus, a volunteer and docent.
The Swiss Community Historical Society hopes to have the Heritage Center completed by this fall.
