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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
PDN photo by David Deaton Rene Berglund (left) has placed his painting of the Woodson Home on display at Central National Bank. Steve Holton was pleased to accept another of Berglund’s masterpieces to grace the walls at the main downtown branch.
By David Deaton, News Reporter - Poteau is full of history. That is certainly apparent when driving through town and seeing the big red house on the hill by the water tower.This landmark home was built in 1913 by George W. Terry and the home has had several owners over the years. Long time Poteau resident Dr. Woodson owned the home for many years.David and Becky Fields bought the home from Jim and Barbara Williams in May 2007 and are currently in the process of refurbishing many parts of the home.Many modifications have been made both externally and internally. However, the external architecture is basically as initially designed.Some external changes have been made to the balconies and some changes to some of the windows have been made.The Fields family has added a swimming pool and pool house as well as a circle drive and have replaced the roof on the exterior of the home. The interior is getting a complete makeover.Fields said, "We hope to be completely finished by spring." So far Fields has remodeled the basement, replaced the handrails and installed new plumbing.In 1980 the Poteau landmark was placed on the National Registry of Historic Homes.Local artist, Rene Berglund, has painted a portrait of the house on the hill and the painting is on display at Central National Bank's main downtown branch in Poteau.The painting depicts the house as it looked in 1913.CNB routinely displays Berglund's paintings until he either donates them or changes them out with different ones. Steve Holton said, "The bank is Berglund's art gallery. We love the paintings he brings for display."Berglund stated, "The house, in 1913 by about 1925, was hard to photograph because at that time there wasn't a retaining wall in front of the house like there is now."Berglund added, "In the early days Terry had a telephone pole placed in front so photographers could climb up the pole to take a photo." |
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