Hammar House

02/28/2021

02/28/2021

Here's an interesting historical find. An article described a party held at the Hammar House hosted by Mrs. Isabella Hammar. We have what we believe is the original pedal organ and stool described in this article. We also have a songbook that may have been used at this party. Enjoy the photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=hammarhouse&set=a.2857650494475650

And to hear the "Sword of Bunker Hill", click on these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOksTavzzg
And a rendition likely to be more similar to what was sung at the festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUW9PPOzkto

12/27/2020

A holiday at Hammar House usually means another restoration project off the list. Here, we restored the original historic cellar staircase which had been disassembled long before we purchased the house. The original treads were, thankfully, safely stacked in the cellar. Views from the cellar up, main-level down and the restoration credit (Kim, Mitch and Bruce).

12/12/2020

In keeping with our pledge to restore and re-purpose all we can, we have finished building and installing our floor cabinets for Hammar House. We built these using a custom wood box kits then cladded them with historic wood from Hammar House. The doors are from the original potato bins and were present in the house when we bought it. We restored the potato bin doors using authentic milk paint and wax and added Walnut counter tops. The cabinets are designed to be moved and are not permanently affixed to the historic walls.

10/31/2020

Here's a nice video about The Hammar House done quite a few years ago featuring Star and Lionel Oberlin.

Built in 1881, The Benjamin Hammer House was one of the first buildings in Castle Rock. 1889 Benjamin and his wife moved west. In 1902, Dr. Alexander bought ...

06/04/2020

The last thing I expected to find in the Hammar House Well!

06/02/2020

History underground at Hammar House is a fascinating discovery,

06/02/2020

More exploration of the hand-dug, rhyolite-lined stone well at Hammar House.

05/18/2020

New historic find at Hammar House

05/03/2020

After hand making 400+ pickets in the historic Hammar House style, we're finally getting to install them and they look amazing, don't ya think?

04/14/2020

Fun history preservation project today at Hammar House.