Parks officials and Forest Service to help repair historic cabins

A team of restoration and preservation specialists from the Williamsport, Va., Preservation Training Center have been hired to fix the damage to the Dextra Baldwin Gallery and the Anita Gibson house.

"They are extremely well qualified," said Linda Cole, Tallac Historic Site director for the Forest Service.

Both cabins suffered severe dry-rot damage to their exterior log walls. The interiors of the two buildings, which stand on U.S. Forest Service land, have been preserved through fund-raising and grant-writing efforts by the Tahoe Tallac Association, said Carol Spain, the association's executive director.

Cole said the two buildings are believed to have originally stood at the old Tallac Resort.

When the resort was torn down, the two buildings were moved to the Baldwin site. First they were used to house family members while the main estate building was being constructed, and then later as servant's quarters and kitchen for the main building.

The restoration project should be completed by September, Cole said.

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