{"id":41274,"date":"2024-10-22T16:48:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41274"},"modified":"2024-10-22T16:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:48:33","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-historic-canadian-doukhobor-grain-elevator-restoration-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41274","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (global) doorstep\u2019: Historic Canadian Doukhobor grain elevator restoration underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Veregin_Prayer_House.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Veregin_Prayer_House_National_Doukhobor_Heritage_Village_Billy_Twin_Public_domain_Wikimedia_Common.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41275\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image of <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Veregin_Prayer_House.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veregin Pray House<\/a> (part of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village) by Billy Twin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h3>Restoration of an historic Canadian grain elevator by the National Doukhobor Heritage Village is underway, to be completed when adequate funding is accumulated.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Sasktoday<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The first stage of restoration of the historic Doukhobor grain elevator at Veregin\u2026 will preserve the structure as an icon of the district\u2019s cultural and agricultural history. Mast Construction, a High River, Alta. company specializing in grain elevator restoration, was commissioned by the museum to work on the 113-year old elevator\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are very pleased with the quality and workmanship of the restoration,\u2019 said Andrew Kazakoff, a board member of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village and chair of its Elevator Restoration Committee\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 While the most critical work on the elevator has been completed, more remains to be done\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the importance of the restoration lies in the elevator\u2019s cultural association with its builders, the Doukhobors. In 1899, 7,500 Doukhobors emigrated from Russia to Canada seeking religious freedom\u2026 Working together under the motto of \u2018Toil and Peaceful Life\u2019 they transformed prairie wilderness into productive farmland\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sasktoday.ca\/central\/canora-courier\/historic-doukhobor-grain-elevator-restoration-underway-9564424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image of Veregin Pray House (part of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village) by Billy Twin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Restoration of an historic Canadian grain elevator by the National Doukhobor Heritage Village is underway, to be completed when adequate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41274\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[104,40,18,36,29,49],"class_list":["post-41274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-agriculture","tag-community","tag-conservation","tag-culture","tag-heritage","tag-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41276,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41274\/revisions\/41276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}