Re-enactors bring local history alive at Greenock Log House Days
For the MVI
Greenock Log House Days will host colonial re-enactors and 40 artists and vendors Saturday at the home built around 1790 at 1235 Greenock Buena Vista Road in Elizabeth Township.
The 8th Pa. Regiment of the Continental Line will pitch tents at the log house site to provide hands-on experience with living history from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The log house will be open to showcase restoration efforts by the Elizabeth Township Historical Society that include a restored fireplace, handicapped-accessible porch and several recent antique donations.
Vendors will range from primitive decor, stainless jewelry, fall decorations to handmade items.
Appalachian music, Irish tunes and hymns will be played on the dulcimer by Jim Fawcett of Herminie. Art Brown, a member of the 8th Pa. Regiment, will perform traditional Pennsylvania music passed on by his family and played on the fiddle, banjo or guitar.
Elizabeth Forward High School senior Bailey McLaughlin will sing her original songs with guitar accompaniment.
Pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, chili, haluski and cole slaw plus baked goods will be available.
“This is the fifth year for this annual event which also marks the 10th year for efforts to buy and restore the home that stands strong from its 150-year old oak logs. From the tiny acorns that grew to the many families who have lived in it, the home represents almost 400 years of history in this community. The house reflects even more of the community as people have family donated antiques like the clay water canister and school desk from the old Greenock School,” said Debbie Popp Gilbert, ETHS vice president.
“The Greenock Log House Days are an opportunity to catch up on these donations from township residents like the wooden high chair that belonged to Sandy Lenher and Sue Keeler’s grandmother to a brass bucket carried by Don Frank’s grandfather. Hand tools that Phil Sandmeyer used around one of the oldest homes, which briefly housed the historical society in Lower Greenock, were donated by his granddaughter Sue Burgess, ” she said.
