The Columns floored by volunteer effort

Thanks to local craftsman who did the work Milford — The Pike County Historical Society’s “Columns Museum” has been in need of having the Museum’s main floor refurbished for many years. Attempts to raise the funding for this job have been slow going and often placed on the back burner due to other, more immediate concerns regarding the maintenance of the 1904 home on Broad Street, in Milford. When the museums director voiced her desire for the scratched up, scarred floors to be done, it was Roger Picker of Pike County Hardwood Floors that came to her rescue. “One day Roger and I were talking about the floors and he said he would donate his time to do them,” said Lori Strelecki, museum director. From there the project went into the planning stages. Finding a good time for the job to be done was not an easy task on either side. The Museum had many events planned over the Holidays, and Picker owns and operates his own flooring business, which puts him in demand for other, paying customers. Picker has been in business for 25 years and is a master at his craft. When another local floor company heard of Roger’s lofty project, they also agreed to help to make the job go faster. So it is the goodhearted, community minded fellas: Roger Picker, Philip Joerss and Bruce DeAngelo that have done a nice thing for their local historical society, the Board of Directors of Pike County Historical Society are very grateful. For more information on programming offered at the Pike County Historical Society’s Museum visit us online at www.pikecountyhistoricalsociety.org.