The three-year restoration of Holbrook’s Methodist Church, which was built in 1913, has been completed. From the planks of oak flooring that were carefully removed and restored, to the wainscot that was placed on the upper edge of the walls to blend the original ceiling into the molding above the windows, Pastor Jimmy Nelson said he is happy with the final product.
“All the light fixtures are period pieces, with the exception of the extra wall plugs,” said Nelson. “The church ladies can never have enough wall plugs for their potlucks.”
The restoration started three years ago, when it became necessary to stabilize the walls of the church. “The church and community donations made it possible,” said Nelson. “The guys from Bread of Life Mission came to help us, as well as members of the community and the church.”
But it was Nelson’s brother, the building foreman Doug Kubik, who was the champion of the project, putting in more than 1,000 personal hours in order to complete it. That included the last part of the project that involved relaying the oak flooring that had been painstakingly pulled up in order to have a new underlayment was put down.
Nelson said the dedication will probably be in the fall, but people can stop by before or after the 9 a.m. church service on Sundays to take a look at the results. “They are even welcome to attend the service if they want to,” said Nelson, who as an itinerant pastor is leaving for his next church in Mesquite, Nev., this month.
