Wing Wall and Spillway Reconstruction 1998, 2008, 2023
Skinner Organ Restoration 2015 to 2022
Barn Renovation 2000
Hardscaping and Signage
Program and Visitor Parking 2008
Chippendale Railing Reconstruction
Welkinweir–Green Valleys Headquarters
“Where sky meets water”
Welkinweir, the former estate of Everett and Grace Rodebaugh, founding members of Green Valleys Watershed Association, is now the headquarters and educational center for the organization. The 224-acre nature sanctuary and arboretum is located along a tributary to the Beaver Run, which itself is an Exceptional Value (EV) tributary of the French Creek.
Welkinweir was home to the newly formed French Creek Watershed Association in 1964. The French Creek Watershed Association eventually moved to a former meeting house in Birchrunville, and changed names to Green Valleys Association. In 1997, we returned to Welkinweir, and since then we have invested heavily of our organization’s resources and talents transitioning the property from private estate to nature sanctuary and environmental education destination.
