thank you Tyler something about the warmer weather makes us all take stock of our homes what we need what we can throw out and what projects will take up our weekends but a family with roots and Wheeling has much more than spring cleaning in mind for chaplain for a chaplain Street Victorian home 7 news reporter Colin Rose knocked on the door to see what's inside where some see chipped paint others see rustic maturity that's the story of 2243 chaplain Street an 1800 Center Wheeling home which sho
ws its age both in its dust and its AR architectural Beauty the latter is what drew the McGregor family of California to make it their own during the pandemic both to return to where their family roots are and to have a place to go away from the constant Sun lots of people here go down to Florida in the winter well you know we live somewhere warm so we'll come here in the summer and enjoy the rainstorms but they have another more long-term goal in mind restore the unoccupied house to Victorian B
rilliance 140 years later over 3 years they've consulted restoration experts to free the stairs the brick the capitals and much more from the ravages of time while turning back the clock to The house's earliest days ellerie McGregor even took a plaster class at West Virginia Northern to avoid putting up drywall all in order to preserve the craftsmanship of the past it's fascinating the way things that were built 150 years ago can be saved and restored and can continue to function for another hun
dred years uh where is I think a lot of things made today don't last nearly as long aren't nearly as high quality while balancing full-time jobs in a major renovation project isn't easy they hope the finished product won't just be Theirs to enjoy the McGregors are considering making it a bed and breakfast for others exploring wheeling and its charms from out of town they call it a tribute to the friendly City and its uniquely West Virginia brand of hospitality it's just been everything that we i
magined and more we've totally fallen in love with wheeling and and we love to bring friends of ours uh to come and visit and and show them what we have seen here and what we've been involved in and write another chapter in the story of a house that has generations of tales to tell reporting in Wheeling I'm Colin Roose working for you thank you Colin what's a better
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