Published November 02. 2024 12:04PM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
Bob Heilman, Jordan Road, North Whitehall Township, hired Paul Burkholder Building Recyclers, Kutztown, to dismantle and resell the lumber from his barn on Sept. 16.
According to Heilman, the township said the barn was too close to the road to allow safe passage of emergency vehicles and routine traffic.
He was not sure when the barn was built but the house was built in 1818, which would probably have included the barn.
Demolition was undertaken by Zimmerman’s Demolition, Bowmansville, Lancaster County, using a boom lift and hand tools to dismantle the barn.
The lumber was then loaded on a flatbed truck provided by Burkholder Building Recyclers to be resold in the building market where it can find its way into flooring, interior walls and other uses for the weather aged wood.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELANDPaul Burkholder, of Paul Burkholder Building Recyclers, Kutztown, meets with barn owner Bob Heilman on Sept. 16 regarding his plan to resell the lumber from a nearly 200-year-old barn on the Heilman Property in North Whitehall.
Jason Zimmerman, of Zimmerman Demolition, holds a cabinet door recovered from the nearly 200-year-old barn on the Heilman property.
Lamar Zimmerman, of Zimmerman Demolition, looks over heavy timber used to support the nearly 200-year-old barn floor on the Heilman property, Jordan Road, North Whitehall.
A view from the south at the Heilman barn as it was being demolished Sept. 16 to improve safety on Jordan Road.
Jason Zimmerman, of Zimmerman Demolition, Bowmansville, Lancaster County, uses a boom lift to knock down the Heilman barn.
Chris Heilman displays an old Mr. Boston liquor bottle discovered when the barn on the family property was demolished to meet North Whitehall zoning regulations. An Internet search valued the bottle at $75.
