The siding going up on the Door County Granary may be from outside the area, but you can find what it is being used for its addition up the road. Crews are busy along Sturgeon Bay's west waterfront, covering the former Teweles and Brandeis Grain Elevator for the first time in several years. The Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation purchased approximately 2,200 panels from a contractor dismantling the former Globe Grain Elevator in Superior, Wis. The siding's reddish hue will be a throwback to what the granary looked like in the 1930s. Closer to the ground, work continues on the 550-foot addition that will house public restrooms, a utility room, a catering kitchen, and office space. Nicknamed the Boxcar Annex, the structure will mimic a train car that would have been used on the Ahnapee and Western Railroad. The foundation and its contractors worked with Henschel's Sawmill in Sevastopol to secure 7,000 linear feet in white cedar planks to give it some extra charm. It was a full circle moment for the Henschel family, which started a year after the Teweles and Brandeis Grain Elevator opened and would have done business at the site numerous times over the years. Door County Granary Project Manager Nicole Matson says involving a local business like the Henschel's was important in the project.

The Door County Granary has September 21st circled on its calendar as its soft opening date. The event will coincide with Sturgeon Bay's Harvest Festival.

Picture courtesy of the Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation