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After restoration, in ***.
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Style: Vernacular with strong Georgian influence
in fenestration and massing. This house is also an example
of an early I-house.
Construction: Quarried limestone with frame kitchen/bath
addition.
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 Preparing
for excavation for kitchen/bath addition.
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Shards of Galena pottery and patent medicine bottles visible in
the vertical wall of the excavation.
Hundreds of such artifacts were found during the excavation and
are warehoused on the site.
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First-story framing for addition.
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 Progress
photo of addition framing.
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 View
from northeast showing enclosed and roofed frame kitchen/bath addition.
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 Resetting
repaired lintel over first-floor window.
Note the hidden steel strip repair inserted into channel cut into
the back of the broken lintel.
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The re-piecing of a wooden door (below) demonstrates the Trust's
practice of preserving as much as possible of the original building
material, carefully replicating only what has already been lost.
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 View
of center hall taken from northeast parlor during hand-dug excavations
under the floor.
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 View
under center hallway after completed hand excavations.
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 Matt
Bennett cleaning out mortar joints in house footings.
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 View
of fireplace and hearthstone with original limestone footings during
excavations for crawlspace.
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 Preparing
to raise hearthstone for rebuilding of its footing.
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 View
of mantel and chimney cupboard after conservation and reinstallation
in southwest parlor.
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 View
of root cellar on Jenkin House property, prior to restoration.
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 View
of shed constructed to the rear of historic house for use as workshop
during restoration and garage after completion.
Structure appears to be a small barn.
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View
of Jenkin House property after restoration, showing (from left)
the restored root cellar, new garage made to appear as a barn, and
restored home. |
