For several decades the brick and stone south wall has been cracked and sagging or bulging outward. In 2005 it was braced to keep it from crumbling while funds were being raised to rebuild it.

In early March 2009 James Flory of Renaissance Stone Masonry, began to remove the damaged bricks and stones.

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Gordon Shantz sharpens one of the mill stones in preparation for future use, in a demonstration at the dedication tour..

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Volunteers recently created a new sign at the mill

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Harry Brunk Jr., above, a retired professional painter, sand blasted the rusty metal parts and spray painted the old press.

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Fred Denlinger, above, a retired carpenter, volunteered time to build the frame for and install the sign in an old cider press.

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Shickel Corp of Bridgewater inserted I beams thru the 4 holes and welded the horizontal beam in place to support them. This structure and a similar one inside, held the upper brick wall in place while the lower cracked part was removed.

Volunteers, including mill committee member John Martin and charter member Cal Redekop, started the wall rebuilding process by removing old mortar from the dismantled brick. In this picture, James Flory, the head mason, talked with two Turner descendants, Elma Collins and Jim Turner, and granddaughter Geri Crawford who spent several hours cleaning and sorting brick.

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Jim Weaver, also a Charter Member and volunteer, removed more of the metal braces so that Flory could remove the remainder of the stone on Thursday March 19.

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Harrisonburg High School athletes who are part of the "Streaks Serving the Burg" club with their leader Chris Womack, cleaned the mortar off the brick for it's reuse in the rebuilt wall.

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Bricks were removed for cleaning, then relaid.

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James Flory, owner of Renaissance Stone Masonry, lays brick on the south wall.

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The rebuilt wall as it appeared on May 13, 2009."

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Volunteers dismantled the steel supports after the wall was rebuilt in early 2009.

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Jim Weaver, Harry Brunk and Sherman Zimmerman pose in front of the rebuilt south wall after dismantling the steel structure used to prevent it from crumbling while funds were raised to rebuild it.

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Photo of the south side of the mill, taken December 2009 - J. Allen Brubaker photo