The Boxcar Cabin is a real boxcar moved into Silver City and placed on the lot in 1933 by the Potter family. The wheels were taken off when it was put on its current site. There are various additions onto this cabin and all the roofs were flat and leaked.
We are the 3rd owners.
We took a look at the cabin and decided a flat roof is not acceptable in snowy Silver City. Plus it leaked. We did try to save the rounded wooden boxcar roof ( see right picture). It was so rotten and unsightly we could not. Instead we took it out and made a vaulted ceiling. We do try and incorporate original structure whenever we can. We believe in reusing and recycling. All the interior trim boards are from reclaimed lumber. The Boxcar is the middle window part. There are 2 bedrooms in this cabin and we thought it was a great addition to our cabin rentals here in the Black Hills. Unfortunately we discovered that as it is not adjoining our property it cannot be used commercially but we can still let people stay in it for their vacation.
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