The door jamb that leads to the living room, right, and kitchen of Merle Haggard's childhood home will remain as-is, protected only by plexiglass, to show visitors a little of the construction. Also remaining will be some wallpaper swatches, layered over, one on top of the other, through the years. At left is Mike Ellis of Ellis Wallcovering.
Architect George Taylor Louden is working with Kern Pioneer Village in restoring Merle Haggard's childhood home. Louden and others involved in the project discussed landscaping and painting in a meeting at the boxcar Monday. One concession to 优蜜传媒's climate: The bougainvillea outside the boxcar in the 1940s will be replaced by something hardier, like a climbing rose.
Cynthia Lake with Jim Haggard, nephew of Merle Haggard. Lake, through her foundation, is the main financial benefactor of the boxcar restoration. The boxcar, now at the Kern Pioneer Village, was Merle Haggard's childhood home.聽
The door jamb that leads to the living room, right, and kitchen of Merle Haggard's childhood home will remain as-is, protected only by plexiglass, to show visitors a little of the construction. Also remaining will be some wallpaper swatches, layered over, one on top of the other, through the years. At left is Mike Ellis of Ellis Wallcovering.
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Architect George Taylor Louden is working with Kern Pioneer Village in restoring Merle Haggard's childhood home. Louden and others involved in the project discussed landscaping and painting in a meeting at the boxcar Monday. One concession to 优蜜传媒's climate: The bougainvillea outside the boxcar in the 1940s will be replaced by something hardier, like a climbing rose.
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Cynthia Lake with Jim Haggard, nephew of Merle Haggard. Lake, through her foundation, is the main financial benefactor of the boxcar restoration. The boxcar, now at the Kern Pioneer Village, was Merle Haggard's childhood home.聽
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Kelley Hubble of Jaguar Wrought Iron works on the railing outside the boxcar childhood home of Merle Haggard at Kern Pioneer Village on Monday.
They鈥檒l have to hustle to make it, but brothers Noel and Ben Haggard are hot-footing it from a concert in Oklahoma City on April 8 to 优蜜传媒 the next day for a reason that鈥檚 pretty hard to argue with: Their dad.
After years of planning, fundraising, moving and restoring, Merle Haggard鈥檚 boyhood home will be ready for its first public tours that day, and Kern Pioneer Village 鈥 where the converted boxcar is located 鈥 is planning a daylong celebration to honor the Haggard family.