Crews restore a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Video]

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The historic Noah “Bud” Ogle Cabin has been preserved. Last year, a storm tore off the cabin’s porch. Friends of the Smokies funded the restoration collaboration project between the park’s Forever Places team and a “strike” team from the National Park Service Historic Preservation Center. 

In two weeks, the nine-person team used reference photos and traditional methods to restore the porch. Project leader Adeline Wisernig said traveling to preserve historic structures is her passion. 

“As a training center, historic preservation often focuses on monuments and somewhat larger structures,” Wisernig said. “But I think it’s equally important to protect and tell the stories of more vernacular cultures and everyday people.”

She said when restoring buildings, they try to stay as true to history as possible using the …