SCANDINAVIA, WI (WTAQ) – An old weathered barn in Scandinavia at the Jorgens Park Preserve is nearing a completed renovation.
A group called “The Friends of Jorgens Park Preserve” have worked to restore the barn, including a silo that no longer stands after it was torn apart in a windstorm.
“The wind storm came up and blew the silo in. It’s a wood stave silo,” said Dana Rima with the Friends of Jorgens Park Preserve.
Not all hope is lost though for the tall wooden tower.
“The roof of the silo, possibly we can fix it, or we’ll replace it with another one that’s quite similar,” says Rima.
The group collected and stored planks of the silo in the loft of the barn, which is making an original restoration possible.
He says the group has salvaged parts of the original silo and will either restore the original structure or construct a new one that looks similar.
The group will be raising money for the project at a Run for the Silo event on Saturday, which begins at 9.
There will be a 2-mile run and a 0.5K, which 1640 feet or one trip around the hay field.
Reconstruction of the silo is scheduled to take place in the spring.
