Restoration of Salem home taking shape

SALEM — Chris Clark has put a twist on his old house.

The new chimneys put on the house at 207 S. Ellsworth Ave. this week are spiral, not an original box of red bricks.

“That was my own twist,” Clark said. “It was a lot of fun to build.”

He added that without the twists, “It all looks the same [as before].”

Clark learned masonry by working under James F. Mayhew of New Life Masonry in Boardman.

Mayhew, who also has been working on the building, said, “This [house] will be a piece of art when it’s done.”

Clark, of Salem, and now a sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg, Ga., has been restoring the building for some time. He said he started on the house about eight years ago, and expects it will take an additional five years to finish it.

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