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Daveroo said:
Do you know who built that house (cabin) ? it looks like one of the Auburn Lumber chalet's that we built at ice Lakes ( ok Serene Lakes),the contractor would have been Joe Ferrara Construction.i was a plumber at the time with my dad,we did probably 150+ Chalet's in that area,Ice Lakes,The Cedars ,Soda Springs ( the real one,south east of The Cedars,it was a "resort" in the 1800s,the wealthy from San Francisco and Sacramento would go there to be "healed")Donner lake,Tahoe Donner ,we had to dig down to a third floor balcony in the 1980s to get into the Chalet,there was so much snow that year,chit gets deep up there,theyve been known to get over 600" up there.thats 50 ft yall.BTW did you go for dinner at the lodge on the south side of Serene lakes?...we used to go up there every new years eve,we had a cabin at Pla-vada ,then after dinner we would drive down to the Rainbow lodge and get waisted,and i was in my teens..theyd serve us kids all night long,i know i know,,bad thing but no one ever got hurt,and I80 was normally closed over new years due to heavy snow..lol.
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Hi, That cabin was built the year before that picture(s) were taken. All I remember is the contractor's first name was Matt. Now, after a quick Google search, his full name was Matt Williams.
 
oh ok,well once Auburn lumber sold,they let the Chalet plans out for anyone,and i hadnt noticed until just now that you sisters place has what appears to be an extension out the side,we didnt do any with that,the outsides of ours were kinda cookie cutter,they all looked the same,but that set of plans were drawnup for that heavy snow load up there,that wet **** weighs a ton,on the main road up to serene lakes,as you get to the top,a road goes off to palasades lake,which is through the cross county ski place,where that road heads west or to the right,up the main road about 100 yards was a home built by a guy out of sacramento,several people told him to revise the plans for the snow load,the coounty was fine with the plans (but got sued later) and after the first really heavy snows,the place fell over,all the snow had accumulated to the south side,which was up hill,and pushed it over like a matchstick house,and two people were inside,we heard it come down,rushed over there,could save one guy but the other one was crushed to death. several houses there and along donner lake have blwon up due to people cutting corners on the propane piping from the tank to the house,it will break off,fill the snow full of propane..and BLAMM!!! when a spark or flame gets in contact,two home blew when the owner flipped the power main to on..minor spark and BOOM
 
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