Board member Susan Mareneck during a site visit with preservation consultant Chris Cole.

John Wathne of Structures North Consulting Engineers visited the sawmill to document its existing conditions.

Don Robinson was preparing for the surveying of the mill, for engineering visits, and for an open house we had for people interested in the mill’s rehabilitation.

Sara glazed the old windows to protect from the weather

Four Rivers Public Charter School in Greenfield, MA is an Expeditionary Learning School with students actively involved in their learning experience. Their visit to the Slarrow Sawmill was a ‘learning expedition’ to enhance their understanding of inventors, designers and problem-solvers.

Bob Leet, engineer visits dam again and completes design for the spillway in response to Conservation Commission request. Donald Robinson oversees and checks the spillway and sluice gate.

Moving day of old potbelly stove to original location at the Mill from the Moore’s Corner Schoolhouse.

Jeff helps to temporarily enclose the mill to satisfy insurers while we fundraise for rehabilitating the building and turning it into a museum

Clean-up day at the mill

In the summer, the founders group met with anyone who wanted to join us to discuss future plans. Our goal was to explain the next steps to the community and to discuss how the community could become involved. Before the meeting started neighbors talked amongst themselves

Workers took debris from around the mill pond

Denis Picard helped us archive the remaining objects

Denis Picard joined us in archiving materials at the mill

Bob Leet, structural engineer, examined the spillway and did a report for Con Com

MASS Design Group (massdesigngroup.org) AIA architects of the year in 2022, came to meet with townspeople from various Town Committees and to survey the property.  Justin Brown, a principal from the firm, was on site with us. Justin Brown with Ann Tweedy, member of Historical Commission and on the CPC.