Volunteers are needed on Saturday, October 12 from 8-10:00 am to help with the restoration of the historic Relief Society House on Willow Street in Mesquite. All materials and tools are provided; just wear your work clothes. The drywall needs repairing and other small repair jobs inside need to be made. The building now has power which will allow more electric tools to be used. The wood floor also needs some repairing. Other recent projects were replacing the joints and flooring in the kitchen, sanding kitchen cupboards and window frames, patching outside plaster and scraping the paint on the outside eves of the house.
The house was built in 1928 by volunteers. The money came from the Relief Society of sisters who made quilts and sold them in Las Vegas. They grew cotton and took it to the cotton factory in Washington City, Utah, where they traded it for the fabric to make the quilts.
To preserve the house, it was moved across the street to city property on January 28, 2022, and restoration work has been progressing, but it is all done by volunteers and members of the historical committee. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Wes Carter is overseeing the restoration and when restored it will be open for tours and used for meetings and events.
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