Nineteenth Century Restorations LLC has been chosen to be the General Contractor for the Woody Guthrie Childhood-home Reconstruction Project in Okemah Oklahoma. The home will be re-constructed on the very site where it stood until 1980, when the Chamber of Commerce and the Okemah School Board had it torn down. Fortunately, due to the incredible foresight of the owner of the property at that time, Earl Walker, the disassembled home was stored in a building in Okemah for all these years, waiting for reconstruction.

Walker bought the property in 1962, and even managed to get to New York to visit Woody Guthrie in the hospital prior to his passing, to get his blessing to raise money to restore the home and turn it into a museum, giftshop and a mixed music venue, honoring the singer and his legacy, with all additional funds to go to Huntington’s Disease (HD) research. Woody blessed his endeavor, however Walker faced setback after setback for decades as many of the townspeople would hear nothing of honoring someone with alleged ties to the communist party. Sadly, Walker passed away in the early ‘90’s, having never seen his dream fulfilled.