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The Madrid Historical Society's Mary Helms Farm.
The Helms Farm was started by individuals in Iowa working at the dawn of the previous century, the owners built a beautiful farm that still houses an ancestor of that founding family.

Attic Safety Rail Concept Drawings

4/8/2018

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For this important and expensive project we have some thought as to plan carefully and proceed with the best materials.  Base planning on having spindles, corner posts and handrail material with bottom horizontal spindle support boards of an attractive nature.  All items except the handrail will be hand carved and not violate the spirit of the house.   Let's begin! 
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Three of the possibilities for corner post detail.  Soon will select one and go go go!
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And three spindle candidates
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Post top decoration idea
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Safety Halt:  Temporary Closing

4/5/2018

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The ongoing desire of museum visitors to walk up the attic stairs has surprised the docents.  However, there is a marked lack of safety features to accompany such an activity.  The paramount risk to visitors is once they climb to the attic level there is nothing to prevent falls down the attic stairwell.  Access is merely a hole in the attic floor, a rather large hole!  With a dormer shaped ceiling feature that seemingly guides those touring toward a fall into the stairwell hole,  Unmitigated, unbearable risk to the public!  Here sprinkled with blue light is the dastardly, dangerous access. 
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The attic featured attraction must be closed until further notice!
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    Our charge and commission is daunting, restore the glory of Mary Helms' homestead.  We are the Madrid Historical Society and I am Mary's grandson. 

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