- Date
- 1988-07-21
- Kind
- Construction
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- housingconstructiontransportationpropertycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In July 1988, two semitrailers carrying a Wausau Homes prefab house arrived by barge and the modules were assembled on the Carpenter property in about nine hours. The August Beacon describes the island crane work, the integrated bathroom and wiring, and the local finish work still to come.
Evidence limits
The feature reports assembly and planned completion work but does not identify the parcel by a formal address or establish the final inspection.
Sources
- Reports a barge-delivered Wausau prefab home assembled in about nine hours for Jean Carpenter and Charles Carpenter Jr.; Ernie Martin's crane lifted the modules, with later local finish work and a return visit by Mark V of McHenry, Illinois. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the construction report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Wausau prefab home is assembled for the Carpenter property, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-prefab-carpenter-home-assembly-1988/, accessed [date], citing Two Semitrailers and one truck to pull them, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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