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Georgetown council votes to disassemble and store Cabin Number 2 at Royal Springs Park
Summary
After hearing an outside assessment and public comment, the Georgetown City Council voted to have Cabin Number 2 at Royal Springs Park carefully disassembled, labeled and stored for possible future reassembly or educational use; staff were asked to quickly get contractor pricing and identify storage options.
The Georgetown City Council voted July 21 to disassemble, label and store Cabin Number 2 from Royal Springs Park rather than allow it to be demolished immediately. The motion, made by Councilmember Stone and seconded by Councilmember Hampton, passed after council members responded "aye."
Patrick Kennedy, the consultant who inspected the structure and prepared a written report, advised the council that the cabin likely could not be moved intact because of rot in key structural logs and an awkward chimney configuration. "I would recommend disassembling it, marking on disassembling it, and put them some place off-site," he told the council, explaining that careful deconstruction would allow officials to evaluate each log and preserve salvageable material for future use.
Council discussion focused on cost, timing and logistics. Staff told the council the original contract included $10,000 to remove Cabin Number 2 and a separate $35,000 bid covered moving Cabin Number 1 and building a new foundation. Kennedy offered an example of another restoration that had "about a $130,000 into that," underscoring that restoration budgets vary widely depending on condition and contractor choice.
Before voting, council members asked staff to get prompt contractor estimates for careful deconstruction (rather than demolition), review whether the contractor already under contract could perform deconstruction, and identify immediate storage options (including county properties or canopied storage). The chair said timing was tight because site work on the surrounding project may begin soon.
The motion’s approval tasks staff with quickly returning price and storage information to the council so they can decide next steps on restoration or reuse.
