While we were working on the house today, we overheard heard a tour going on that was highlighting the historic houses of Black Rock. They were stopped at our house. This has happend before a couple of times and it's always a thrill to see others enjoying the house. Scott Glasgow came by to check on us too -- and to see if we had any interesting salvage in the barn that we were going to put in the dumpster. We learned that the historic designation is now official for both the state and federal registries. It's making this work all that more worthwhile... but on to the doors!
This is one of two dozen doors from inside the Dayton House. Each door got a good going over today. Many of them were pulled off, brought out back, set on saw horses and planed. The house settles, hinges get loose. It came to be that fewer doors in the house cleanly shut and stayed closed then those that were able to smoothly open and close. It was clearly time for a door intervention.
As if there wasn't enough suffering in re-glazing a couple of dozen window panes, we had to deal with the doors too. This meant multiple trips up and down stairs carrying the doors in and out. A few new doorknobs will be needed. In the case of some of the really old mechanisms, we are going to do what we can to save them. There is a box of old doorknobs in the basement and we might be able to go the organ donor route with those too.
Coming soon, will be an update on the fences. This section got a good going over today too. Tom re-painted it and there was a gap that had previously been blocked with some trellis material which now has planking. The old garden gate which Gary Rogers found floating in a creek in Princeton, NJ will be put back up tomorrow. It's gotten an interesting face lift. So stay tuned...
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