The outhouse that Randy Leavitt is building outside of the East Barnard Church isn’t your typical toilet.

“I’m trying to make it pretty,” Randy said, standing outside the partially built structure, which will have the same Greek revival architecture of the church, with white clapboards, nice moldings and even a stained glass window. “I think people when they walk in are going to go, ‘Oh my. Wow. This is nice.’”

East Barnard is a sleepy little village in Windsor County, with no post office or traffic light or store. The church at its center was built in 1834. It’s where Randy got married — and his parents, and his grandparents.

But it has long lacked a key feature: plumbing.

Randy is a retired furniture builder, and for the past few months he has been volunteering his time to build the

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