The author of "The Laning Wheelwright Shop, published by the HopewellValley Historical Society, provides the following information about the garage.

"The old wheelwright shop and blacksmith shop were built by George Laning about 1826. He was the son of John and Abigail (Salyer) Laning. He was born in 1801 and was married in 1826 to Catherian Landis Runyan, daughter of John and Rebecca (Landis) Runyan." (The Laning Wheelwright Shop)
 
"According to the Eshelman family, Clarence tore the barn down and used its handhew oak timbers to build the present two car garage. It was covered in asphalt siding. I remodeled it in the 1970s. He was a good man and loved the kids in town." (The Laning Wheelwright Shop)

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photo taken Sep 22, 2005