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Side A of the house shows a typical farm house style, built with balloon construction. Note the windows have all been salvaged. | |
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Side B shows the 1900 section of the home to the right, with the 1790's original building at the rear. | |
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The A/D corner of the house, showing the holly tree that the property owners wanted us to protect. | |
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Two old brick chimneys posed collapse threats for the burn evolution. | |
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Interesting building construction was found in the original part of the home. Here, holes for wooden pegs are evident. | |
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Floor joists were notched into posts using hand-cut tenons. | |
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Roof construction consisted of substantial rafters for the frame with thin lath forming the sub-roof. All this was covered with a metal roof deck. | |
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Marty Mantell, who has a great deal of building construction knowledge, provided an excellent overview of the building's construction. | |
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Inside the larger part of the house, all the ceilings were tin. | |
