Photos from C.J. Wallace Engineering, LLC's post Some of our projects have a short time span while others span over several years. Our office began work on the Elks building in Bradford in January of 2013 and continued intermittently through 2016. The owner, John Kohler, tirelessly pursued a viable repurpose to no avail. Sadly, this project has not ended in triumphant victory, but in ultimate demise. In the Old Testament, Job said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.” Similarly, naked was the landscape before, and naked shall it return.
These are some pictures of the razing being masterfully executed by 6V Excavation. In some sort of picker’s pride, the 11th hour clock was salvaged. Perhaps it will serve as a symbol of time spent on the project, or maybe a bit of irony. The 11th hour is a time, or symbol, of remembrance for an Elk. In a few days the clock face with the hands permanently etched at the 11th hour will be the only remembrance of the Elk’s building.
Elks 11th Hour Toast.
"You have heard the tolling of eleven strokes.
This is to remind us that with Elks
the hour of eleven has a tender significance.
Wherever an Elk may roam,
Whatever his lot in life may be,
when this hour falls upon the dial of night
the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs.
It is the golden hour of recollection,
the homecoming of those who wander,
the mystic roll call of those who will come no more.
Living or dead, an Elk is never forgotten, never forsaken.
Morning and noon may pass him by,
the light of day sink heedlessly in the West,
but ere the shadows of midnight shall fall,
the chimes of memory will be pealing forth
the friendly message --
"TO OUR ABSENT MEMBERS" ... See more
