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The 15-foot chicken at the entrance of Country Village was constructed with an assortment of Styrofoam blocks used to ship furniture,
which were glued together, carved in the shape of a chicken,
then coated with fiberglass.
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Six members of the
Loveless family, who originally purchased the property in 1979,
still work at Country Village today.
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Long before it was
Country Village,
the location was
used in a variety of
ways,
including a ranch and profitable
distillery (during prohibition).
The site's original 1901 farmhouse,
along with three small outbuildings,
have been restored and are
currently used for shops.
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An old Bristol Bay gillnetter hull,
built in the early 1900s and used for salmon fishing in Alaska,
resides in the large pond at the Village and
presently houses the acclaimed
Paula's Pepper Jelly.
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The wainscoting of the
Courtyard Hall uses
mahogany doors rescued from the 1904 Hotel Savoy, which is
now the Washington Mutual Tower.
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