Cool houses were used to help preserve food (fish, salt pork, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables) before the electrification of the island in 1938.
This Cool House was restored recently by
Philip Howard, owner of Village Craftsmen. This is a public book exchange. When you are on the island please stop by to visit the library. You are welcome to take a
book to read or leave one for someone else to find.
Here are a few more photos (compliments of Tom Baxter) of us moving the cool house/library to its permanent site:
You can read more about the Cool House, and see more photos here: https://www.villagecraftsmen.com/mr-stacys-cool-house/.
Unrelated to your post about the free library, but sparked by a post today from the OPS about WWII-era wrecks of ships and subs: To your knowledge has there ever been any effort to identify the remains of the unknown individuals buried at the British Cemetery?
ReplyDeleteRe. the British Cemetery: To my knowledge there has never been any effort to identify the two unnamed sailors buried there. I suppose it might be done nowadays, with DNA testing, but I've never heard of any attempt.
DeleteWhat a clever way to repurpose a local historic artifact! Don't forget to register it with the Little Free Library site.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I have registered with Little Free Library. Just received my sign...and installed it...a few minutes ago. Will update the photo when the lighting is better.
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