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Repairs Underway at Sibley House Site in Mendota
Work should take about ten days. This weekend's Fur Trade Rendezvous is still on.
Scaffolds will be up at the historic site in Mendota while roofing and exterior repairs are made in time for the summer season.
Bob Claybough of Claybough Preservation, the firm that did the design work for the project, said the DuPuis House (on the street front), caretaker’s cottage, ice house and garage will be reroofed “in kind with what we felt was the original roofing materials.”
The Sibley House itself and the Faribault House had similar work done about five years ago, he said.
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Miscellaneous woodwork and masonry projects will also be completed.
The property is managed by the Minnesota Historical Society.
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Meanwhile, the Fur Trade Rendezvous is scheduled for this weekend, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
The work should take about 10 days, depending on the weather, according to a representative of Omni Construction, the general contractor.
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