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Sparksville auction: Apple building and Wheeler's Store 2019-06-14 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. On open house day Chase and Millie Brown visited with Henrietta Scott to see the property before tomorrow's auction Saturday, June 15, 2019. They explored the building Henrietta remembers having been called the Leif Akin building where he made furniture, including cedar hope chests. Most recently this building was where they processed their apples. She said they'd never been told why Leif built the top the way he did, maybe someone knows the story who can share yet. In the background is the old Wheeler Store that she and her husband Jeff restored and turned into their art studio. We've had a lot of fun identifying the school days photos on the wall. She said Jeff loved the building where as a boy he'd worked on Model Ts with his grandfather. She said he told her they'd have to start them by pushing them off over the hill, popping the clutch. And if they didn't start they stayed at the bottom of the hill. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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