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Esek Hopkins

Mar 10, 2025

Learning Preservation Carpentry One Step at a Time

A group of people in a historic room sit across the table from the workship instructor, listening. There are tools and pieces of wood on the table.

The 18th century Esek Hopkins Homestead in Wanskuck was filled with the sounds of hammering and drilling the last week of February as a group of DIY rehabbers worked on restoring two of the staircases inside. The group of five — plus instructor Noel Sanchez of Casa Buena Builders and a couple of City Parks…