Project

General. If you have not been a regular visitor to this site you have missed too much action to repeat. Suffice that we started at image 1 in 2004 and are now at image 2 and nearing an opening day in 2008. The things accomplished since the last edition of the site are too numerous to discuss in detail but here are some. With our general contractor now in full swing we express gratitude to Maquoketa’s Jim Currant whose priceless time and advice guided our amateur volunteer effort. He kept us straight. Click HERE for details.




	New Progress.


	L. 2004 - The beginning


	L. 2007 - November


	Landscaping. Workaholic Bob Beckley of the Bellevue-La Motte area met his match in a Master Gardener, Lee Karabin of Maquoketa. Planting areas were laid out around the building and manicured to a fine tune and then some planting begun. Watching these two work even in the sweltering weather is something to behold. Click HERE for to see some of their work.


	Flagpole. Boy Scout , Alan Buttars of DeWitt in Clinton County joined the project and for his Eagle project undertook the job of erecting a new flagpole and base patio to replace the one that had been destroyed. While it sounds easy, the technical requirements of this task required planning, a general

contractor, coordination with the general contractor, subcontractors, heavy machinery operators, the Master Gardeners, materiel providers, cement plants, flagpole vendors, concrete artists, volunteers, and plus some good old fashioned hard work. Alan and the others involved outdid themselves. Click HERE to see the fruits of Alan’s project. It’s quite a classy touch and is now visited by many just to see the patio.


	Phones, TV, Security, & Internet. John Porter of rural Maquoketa joined Mitchell Technologies of Carlsbad, CA and LDR Computers of Davenport, IA to drive the laying and connecting of several thousand feet of ethernet and phone cable that will provide flexible support on into the future. Click HERE to see.

Sign Mounts. What is a museum without classy sign mounts? Dale Heister said, “Not much” - but he had had a cure. In short order Dale erected 3 large tasteful brick mounts to match the building - one each on the Maple Street corners and one at the back drive on Clark Street. After studying and admiring his handiwork carefully, Dale pronounced the property “Heisterized,” the ultimate

authoritative certification of class. To see ‘Heisterization’ in action. Click HERE.

Stockham Invasion. For the 3rd generation G.L. Stockham & Son, general contractors, returned to Clinton engines in force. Bob (R top) and son Dave (R bottom) sent in a crew of Steve Rossman, Terry Putnam, and Ron Stoll to attack the finishing of the studded interior walls, cutting archways and doors, building bathrooms, paneling, ceiling work, etc. AND to resolve a troublesome drainage problem along the South wall. Click HERE to see them on the job. Bob Stockham did all of the contracting work at the plant after he took over from his father, Lee Stockham. Dave who now runs the business leads the return. We KNOW ole Bob was there. We found the evidence - timbers and paneling with his company

	name on the back. This project has been historical all the way around.

	Spray-Tech Foam Insulation Co. Operating costs and moisture/climate control are major issues so most of the upper windows were covered and sealed from the inside though they look normal from the outside. The wall space created will be used as display areas. We used closed cell and open cell foam on the windows and open cell foam on the walls up to the roof


	line. The roof R40 insulation was installed in 2004. John Lamey and his Spray-Tech crew from the Garryowen Bernard area of Jackson County did the expert insulation work, timely finished the job, and really tightened up the heat loss and deadened the sound in the building to boot. John & company will be back when we do the bottom floor. To see Spray-Tech at work Click HERE.


	Soil Drainage. The resourceful Stockham crew also installed better below grade moisture sealing to the building. It involved about 1/3 of the lower walls on the South and East. Click HERE to see them do it.

South Embankment Buildup. A City street project produced tons of dirt far in excess of what the City could use or store. A City street right-of-way runs just beyond the South boundary of our property and the City wanted to shore up the embankment to stabilize the ground above. We needed a slope we could maintain more easily than the old steep embankment. The City dumped truckloads of dirt on the area and graded it out to ease the slope of the ground. We will seed it when finished. Was another Maquoketa city-JCHS win-win deal. Click HERE to see that part of the project.


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