The Hatch House

This is the Hatch House at Indian Head Spring. aka Dykeman's Spring. aka The Duck Pond. This building was built in 1870 by George Dykeman to serve as a fish hatchery for trout. This didn't work out so well and it was converted into a creamery which shut down in 1951. And then it sat. And sat. And sat. And this sitting took it's toll. In 1999 the Hatch House, duck pond and the Dykeman Mansion were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. An organization called the Friends of the Hatch House began raising money and finding grants to restore this building and to date the masonry has been restored, the roof fixed, the cupola put in place and most recently the windows have gone up on the second floor. I bet the final piece of the puzzle will be the trout wind vane on the cupola. It doesn't seem like it will be long now.

I took this picture last evening. With how the building sets it is late afternoon until the sun hits the face. And tonight it was looking good. You've seen this Pond here before (This Way Guys) and here (Web Blog) and here (No Fishing)