Ted Blomenberg, one of our FOW members will be having a discussion on F.C.D. Wyneken and plans for the house. The event will be held on February 23, 2010 at the Adams County Library, 128 S. 3rd Street, Decatur, IN. The time is 7:00PM in the Meeting Room of the library.
2010 Annual IGHS/SGAS Meeting and Symposium
In cooperation with the Society for German-American Studies (SGAS)
New Harmony Inn and Conference Center ♦ New Harmony, Indiana
April 22-25, 2010
For more info on meeting go to http://ighs.org/
New Harmony info go to http://www.usi.edu/hnh/index2.asp
It’s a new year and again it will be a busy one for FOW. Along with major construction on the house, we will continue to be involved in our regular fundraisers and hopefully will be adding some new ones. We are also working on arranging several bus trips. Here is a brief calendar of events (subject to change, of course):
APRIL – IGHS Annual Meeting, April 22-25, 2010 • New Harmony, IN
MAY – F.C.D. Wyneken 200th birthday celebration; possible Barn Sale
JUNE – Germanfest, June 6-13, 2010 Headwaters Park • Fort Wayne, IN
AUGUST – Kekionga Festival, August 28-29, 2010 Riverside Center • Decatur, IN
OCTOBER – Barn Sale • Wyneken House
DECEMBER – Wyneken Craft Show and Caroling
We will keep you updated on additions or changes . . .
FOW meeting on January 18, 2010 will be held at the 2 Brothers Restaurant, 239 West Monroe Street, Decatur, IN at 7:00PM
We want to wish everyone a joyous holiday season and may you be blessed with peace and happiness . . .
Fröhliche Weihnachten
und ein gutes neues Jahr
Greetings from friends of Friedrich C.D. Wyneken,
The Reverend Wyneken was instrumental in starting many of the area Lutheran Churches and one of the founding fathers of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The “Wyneken House” is the only remaining home of an Indiana pioneer religious leader.
Tremendous strides have been made towards the restoration of the Wyneken House through the efforts of the “Friends Of Wyneken” – a committee of the Indiana German Heritage Society.
- The Wyneken House was initially saved by moving it to its present location.
- Land has been surveyed and graciously donated for its permanent resting, which is where the house is presently located.
- The original house layout has been determined and will be restored as per the original circa 1850 Adams County Indiana home.
- Logs were donated and milled for beams and flooring; Windows and doors have been made and are in the process of being installed along with the beams and flooring; also the exterior of the house is in the sealing/painting restoration process.
- A Septic System has been approved and filed with the State and Adams County.
- Architectural drawings have been approved for the future basement.
- All necessary permits have been acquired.
- The Friends Of Wyneken established their own Website and E-mail.
The Friends Of Wyneken committee plans to have the basement built and the house moved onto it within the next 6 months. Immediate funds are needed to complete this phase of the project. We appreciate all your past support and donations and are asking for any financial assistance you can give at this time. Please make checks payable to “Friends Of Wyneken of IGHS” with “Wyneken House donation” in the MEMO line. All donations will greatly be appreciated. Please send checks to:
Friends Of Wyneken of IGHS C/O Boyd Obermeyer, Treasurer 401 East Michigan Street Indianapolis IN 46204Please prayerfully consider donating to this historical restoration project.
The Friends Of Wyneken Financial Committee
For more information contact FOW President Ken Selking; E-mail: weathermanks@webtv.net
With the blessing of some beautiful fall weather we were able to install the windows on the front side of the house. It was a great work day and we thank everyone who participated. We especially want to thank Marvin Conrad for the beautiful work he did on the construction of the windows.
The FOW Committee got the okay for the requested zoning variance at the Adams County Board of Zoning Appeals last Thursday evening. This is for the land that Dona Schaeffer donated to the Indiana German Heritage Society upon which the Wyneken House presently stands and where it will be permanently located for future years use. The request asked the BZA to allow a museum to be located in an agriculturally zoned land space.
One neighbor asked the board to require FOW to set and meet a time-line for “closing up” the building. This will require the completion of the basement, moving the house over it, and finishing the re-installation of the outside doors and windows. The BZA did stipulate in their findings that these three items plus the finishing of the slate roof and starting a visual “buffer” between the Wyneken House and this neighbor’s property.
FOW’s plans do include completion of these items before next October, at which time the BZA will hold a follow-up review of the actions that have been taken to finish this work.
John B. Kalb, FOW Building Committee
We have added several more dates for our Barn Sale. The additional days are Thursday, October 3, Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5. The times for all days are 8:00 am until 6:00 pm. It’s the same red barn on Winchester Road with many great bargains left. Hope to see you there!
Friends of Wyneken is having a barn sale to help raise funds for the construction of the house’s new basement. It will be held on September 18-19, 2009 from 8:00am until 4:00pm. The Wyneken House is the site for the sale – 11694 NW Winchester Road, approximately 2.5 miles southeast of Poe, IN. Come and check it out. Bargains galore! ! !