Mother, daughter find connection with restoration of 19th-century barn
Donna Wetterlund has raised $6,500 of the estimated $20,000 it will take to finish restoring the barn on her daughter's property on Elberton Road. (Photo/Jack Casey)
When Jacob Kort first saw the barn, “it was really close to falling in,” he said. (Submitted Photo)
Donna Wetterlund, with grandson Dmitri, has spearheaded the restoration efforts from her homes in Pennsylvania and Delaware. (Submitted Photo)
Shannon Haynie holds her son Roman in front of her barn on Elberton Road. Shannon and her mom, Donna Wetterlund, share a love for history and did not want to see the nearly 130-year-old structure torn down. (Photo/Jack Casey)
Many people took up a hobby or a project during the pandemic. For Donna Wetterlund in Chaddsford, Pennsylvania, it was restoring an old barn on her daughter’s property from more than 800 miles away.&n…
