Renovating the OA Lodge
We’ll be finishing up with our detailed look through the Steve Belew collection next week. But for now, it seems worthwhile to give a detailed look to the OA Lodge.
The Lodge has been in need of major renovations for years and it’s look has remained mostly unchanged. However, starting in 2009, work began on updating and repairing the Lodge. As you can see from the images, the first stage of repairs involving fixing the roof and tearing out the old porch. A new porch and a new sidewalk was added.
The second stage involved tearing out the windowed facade over the porch and replacing it. This work took place in the spring of 2012. Additionally, a new stone marker was added out front denoting the Lodge more clearly as the Howard Olson OA Lodge.
Here is the well-known image of the Lodge in the days before the renovations. The Lodge had remained mostly unchanged since its original construction
The first stage of the OA Lodge renovations involved removing the old shingles and replacing them with new material.
Here is a good view of the Lodge as it was. With the old wooden porch removed, you can clearly see the old windowed facade of the Lodge. Workers–it looks like volunteers–prep the area for a new sidewalk.
A truly unique photo showing the OA Lodge with the completed new porch, but with the glass facade completely removed. Note that new exterior lights were added as well.
Here you can clearly see the newly renovated glass facade of the Lodge. It doesn’t leak anymore!
