"CROSSVILLE, Tenn. — Horace Burgess's treehouse may be as close to heaven as a body can get in Cumberland County. It rises 97 feet into the sky, the support provided by a live, 80-foot-tall white oak 12 feet in diameter at its base. Six other trees brace the tower-like fortress, but Burgess says its foundation is in God.
"I built it for everybody. It's God's treehouse. He keeps watch over it," said Burgess, who received his inspiration in a vision that came to him in 1993. "I was praying one day, and the Lord said, 'If you build me a treehouse, I'll see you never run out of material."'
And thus far, as Burgess sees it, the Lord has provided. Most of his materials are recycled pieces of lumber from garages, storage sheds and barns. Now into his 14th year of construction, he is not finished.…"
Rest of article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-07-29-treehouse-church_N.htm
More pix: http://funster.us/2009/10/worlds-largest-treehouse-near-crossville/
Thanks to Bob Gagnier, Jr. for sending this to us.
2 comments:
Lloyd, are you familiar with Dan Philips? He builds homes out of all kinds of recycled materials. http://www.phoenixcommotion.com/
I would love to visit this place. My spiritual name means "part and parcel w/the creation of the universe." This man's vision resonates w/that sense.
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