Mountain High Tree Service Donation
Today brave men from Mountain High Tree Service came to McAllister and donated their time and talent to take down the dead branches and perilous limbs from the trees surrounding…
DetailsEl Paso County Roofing Contractors Association to the rescue
In July 2009 the El Paso County Roofing Contractors Association (http://elpasoroofingassociation.com/) made a fantastic donation to McAllister House Museum by donating a new roof, material, labor and all for the…
DetailsA New Flag for McAllister House
Whenever the weather cooperates and the museum is open an American Flag is flown from the front porch. The flag used these last several years was faded and worn and…
DetailsEAGLE SCOUT PROJECT
Saturday, August 4, 2012 saw McAllister House filled with Scouts and friends and family as Tim Force of Troop 101 did an Eagle Scout project that benefited the Museum. With…
DetailsBroadmoor Garden Club Grant!
Thanks to a grant from the Broadmoor Garden Club and labor provided by the After Hours Garden Club and the Front Range Herb Society, we will be planting a multitude…
DetailsRepair to North Foundation Wall
With the help of Murphy Constructors, we began the repair of the cellar collapse and reinforcement of the North Foundation wall. Work had to be done when the air conditioner…
DetailsCellar Repair – the need
The collapse of what was probably the old coal chute in McAllister’s cellar! The cellar at McAllister House Museum is not open to the public but holds our furnace and…
DetailsLightning – the gift that keeps on giving….
Looks as though the automatic sprinkler system also was fried when the lightning hit. Our first clue was how dry and brown the grass has gotten in the last week.
Lightning Strike
On Saturday, July 9, 2011 very shortly after the museum closed, lightning hit the metal rod on the roof bracing the chimney and spread through the house and into the…
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