tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25482363520890200812024-03-13T02:22:38.899-07:00"Passing By" - Jane Griswold Radocchia, ArchitectA column on vernacular architecture in the Bennington, Vermont area, originally published in The Bennington Banner, 2013 to 2015. I now add posts from time to time. Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-24567804283697419822020-12-07T11:29:00.011-08:002021-01-12T09:37:30.357-08:00The Columns of Bennington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyaRJ8qYAH2EQsId8Ca-ReVJShwUQr3tIMrr3irFkV4K6Wo3mzHXhdJrvfRY9OIHiKUt6Tne90xMHojaiY8bg_4Cr6f5NIrCqqExckKNpXKPqUU6PZGJbMpr_p8LaAxPdcFcbKMKVhtNM/s481/IMG-0624.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyaRJ8qYAH2EQsId8Ca-ReVJShwUQr3tIMrr3irFkV4K6Wo3mzHXhdJrvfRY9OIHiKUt6Tne90xMHojaiY8bg_4Cr6f5NIrCqqExckKNpXKPqUU6PZGJbMpr_p8LaAxPdcFcbKMKVhtNM/s320/IMG-0624.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Yes, this is a column about the columns that builders in Bennington used before 1860. There were many, most of them fluted. <br /></p><p>This is the Charles Cooper Residence. <br /></p><p>Below it is the home, and probably the office, of Dr. Goodall. <br />Both have 2 story tall porticoes with dramatic Doric columns.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcwbcyS9rtRUCc3PL6UamQc___mob6nae6RvMBZEEV7-1gFTbLIjBmBFqcFvEt7M2vLo7mDzswltOJGjQyEabuwojkoQ68v3vpezNkp7y4u135m753RtHpxCztaKErcsbNMX01SEJ4hwo/s473/IMG-0625.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcwbcyS9rtRUCc3PL6UamQc___mob6nae6RvMBZEEV7-1gFTbLIjBmBFqcFvEt7M2vLo7mDzswltOJGjQyEabuwojkoQ68v3vpezNkp7y4u135m753RtHpxCztaKErcsbNMX01SEJ4hwo/s320/IMG-0625.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>These houses were photographed in 1904 for the Bennington Souvenir. Both date from the 1850's and were on Main Street. The Cooper Residence was extensively updated in the 1880's as can be seen by the curved roof over the veranda that nestles between the wings of the house.<br />Both were, in 1904, painted several colors, no longer the classic white preferred in the 1850's.<br /></p><p>The first house is gone, the second one also. I show them as examples of the many Bennington houses which had dramatic columns. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykjYHgSyHeZIhdZL14U51bGQcC1_L6Su1UqEsX1e_nKcD1KYlKXz9LtGUI_OLv77n8uzYHTnQZHsaXTep8YOCGzJunxntdfdwzZamdbC4rInrcaqyZ1-abxDaHW1RJWDl3A216kxRq06X/s2048/IMG_8498.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="2048" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykjYHgSyHeZIhdZL14U51bGQcC1_L6Su1UqEsX1e_nKcD1KYlKXz9LtGUI_OLv77n8uzYHTnQZHsaXTep8YOCGzJunxntdfdwzZamdbC4rInrcaqyZ1-abxDaHW1RJWDl3A216kxRq06X/w277-h267/IMG_8498.JPG" width="277" /></a><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Bennington's Town Offices, built in 1842 for the Root family, given to Bennington in the 1920's to be the Town's offices.</p><p><i>For more about the Root House, see: https://passingbyjgr.blogspot.com/2020/11/benningtons-town-offices-originally.html</i><br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbyM45jdk-9zUrFU4Lydq_cWD5PuzG5UojesU_QZB7msmf52_GJYDLvbN_R2A8bRdONYpo49UdlwdiS0ELar9ecN2DagACX1d0aH8vThUpF0bqSZ0yYFsRzuFpOQ9LHwDUUlGFwLI_PoU/s2048/IMG_8491.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbyM45jdk-9zUrFU4Lydq_cWD5PuzG5UojesU_QZB7msmf52_GJYDLvbN_R2A8bRdONYpo49UdlwdiS0ELar9ecN2DagACX1d0aH8vThUpF0bqSZ0yYFsRzuFpOQ9LHwDUUlGFwLI_PoU/s320/IMG_8491.JPG" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It also has Doric columns; columns with flutes, no base at the bottom and simple capitals at the top: classic American Greek Revival.</p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eJ_ztnrZJmZVkUdwWEWszsDL2_EAHjAUUugfmV5hT4xs_mUaE1srhY4N_OIZmfOLeOgtUddn6rLkyNn3UcZIlOhcUqKxu5Cna4y57HpeOr0djr77uY_89b5pjfy6QxlALuk3a-DlKLX8/s466/IMG-0267.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eJ_ztnrZJmZVkUdwWEWszsDL2_EAHjAUUugfmV5hT4xs_mUaE1srhY4N_OIZmfOLeOgtUddn6rLkyNn3UcZIlOhcUqKxu5Cna4y57HpeOr0djr77uY_89b5pjfy6QxlALuk3a-DlKLX8/s320/IMG-0267.jpg" width="320" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p> If you cut one in half it would look like this: <br /></p><p>Long wooden shafts, 2" thick minimum, with their sides cut at angles so that when they are set side by side they join in a circle.* After three flutes are carved in each shaft, they are glued together on the edges and the inside with angled blocks and hide glue. <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh7Wdgs6kil9sduEvrjH9qoYGxn6ioyB8h3uNz9yuOaUFFMHOqfTgyoXwPkXeZuQHyWM_qkaycoUlou8PpG2Fp6eD0D5oOer4wiJ3viw43BaCe4fHswX0XqF9PqRzrbvrnj0r7OjEVE1D/s1844/DSC00049.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1844" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh7Wdgs6kil9sduEvrjH9qoYGxn6ioyB8h3uNz9yuOaUFFMHOqfTgyoXwPkXeZuQHyWM_qkaycoUlou8PpG2Fp6eD0D5oOer4wiJ3viw43BaCe4fHswX0XqF9PqRzrbvrnj0r7OjEVE1D/s320/DSC00049.JPG" width="320" /></a></p> <p></p><p>In 1842 this was new. As recently as 1836, when the Norton-Fenton House on Pleasant Street was built, the columns had been made from full trees, cut, shaped, and smoothed, with added capitals and bases. <br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CVXI6q8PZMBFCBsMDfw0kUxwd6MaUHodWDgYMXL_xXKhyo-kDELBUYBtP5gVuDX1Bve57soaQFFkBkNs-O26Y7d-JUQThMyK7XkQtGO5Y46RWyu32DndzraYFv2Ox3zgtlOYrKtLyaxo/s2048/IMG-8163.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CVXI6q8PZMBFCBsMDfw0kUxwd6MaUHodWDgYMXL_xXKhyo-kDELBUYBtP5gVuDX1Bve57soaQFFkBkNs-O26Y7d-JUQThMyK7XkQtGO5Y46RWyu32DndzraYFv2Ox3zgtlOYrKtLyaxo/s320/IMG-8163.jpg" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p>The columns in the Old First Church, built in 1805, are also trees. Local tall, straight white pines. debarked and shaped, support the balcony, the ceiling of the meeting house, and
the roof as part of the attic trusses. </p><p> </p><p><i>The next time you visit the church check the columns. You can see where tree branches were lopped off when the columns were shaped, and where the young men who sat in the balcony carved into those trees during church services.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><b>Why did this change? Supply and technology.</b></p><p>The supply of tall straight trees close to the major seaport cities had dwindled. As early as 1820, the trees for the timber frames of houses along the seacoast north of Boston were being hauled by oxen and rafted down rivers from forests 50 miles away. Remember that in 1840, a 3 mile journey to town in a wagon took 45 minutes. Bringing the lumber to the cities cost money and time. Those logs was too precious to use whole. <br /></p><p></p><p>At the same time the technology of saw mills had greatly improved. Saws could cut not just one board from a tree, but many boards at once. </p><p>Bennington still had the trees. It wanted the newest style: Greek Revival. The pattern books written by master builders and architects had plates and descriptions, including how to build the new fluted columns. <br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUijxQ1Y_qMJ5sbIuiPKr3eHpS9IiBGKhfx02AckbOv8WvBFoc1VgBV5QwPpDcjZA-jb3wdUl8hjS9-KA55-noC_Rw2cnCGe40NYImtuGHO_RTiuBDsygEVYlEG8Mdvj1KeKnn9iKD1-N/s548/IMG-0627.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUijxQ1Y_qMJ5sbIuiPKr3eHpS9IiBGKhfx02AckbOv8WvBFoc1VgBV5QwPpDcjZA-jb3wdUl8hjS9-KA55-noC_Rw2cnCGe40NYImtuGHO_RTiuBDsygEVYlEG8Mdvj1KeKnn9iKD1-N/s320/IMG-0627.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Asher Benjamin in his book, <u>The Architect</u>, <u>or Practical House Carpenter,</u> showed a Doric column with its base and capital. He included the proper proportions on the left and the profile on the right. <br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Benjamin accompanied his drawings with detailed instructions to the carpenter.* He wrote:<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9QtvAJ4fltrLKvmzeiE-D2asZ6IV956GYo4l7VQnxkKwZIQHXbJ2yGZkvaJ1VoRZAf-rztXIOappHX1j1T9Ga1EmTUW3gOgjWAZRYGNF9OCpO-jWxyPhmxgu446LAknUukwwto5KNl-X/s2048/asher+benjamin+1830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9QtvAJ4fltrLKvmzeiE-D2asZ6IV956GYo4l7VQnxkKwZIQHXbJ2yGZkvaJ1VoRZAf-rztXIOappHX1j1T9Ga1EmTUW3gOgjWAZRYGNF9OCpO-jWxyPhmxgu446LAknUukwwto5KNl-X/w640-h320/asher+benjamin+1830.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><p>I especially like his explanation of the necessity of accuracy and 'exactness' in order to keep the work from being 'bad'. <br /></p><p>Doric Columns, some much larger than those on the Town Offices, were used on Main Street, Pleasant Street and West Road, on Prospect Street in North Bennington. Those at Powers Market were brick, specially formed for that purpose. <br /></p><p></p><p><i> </i><br /><br /></p><p><i> *</i>The image of the Doric column is part of Plate IV, titled: 'DORIC ORDER From the Temple of Theses in Athens'. <br />*The image of the cross section is half of Plate XXIV, titled 'Glueing up of Columns'. *The excerpt is from Page 52: PLATE XXIV To glue up the Shaft of a Column<i>.</i><br /> All are in <u>The Architect, or Practical House Carpenter,</u> by Asher Benjamin. 1830; reprint by Dover Publications. </p><p><br /> Hiram Waters, a master builder whose shop was on Monument Avenue, Bennington, owned a copy of this book. It is possible that he was the carpenter for these houses. </p><p>For more on Hiram Waters, see https://passingbyjgr.blogspot.com/2020/10/hiram-waters-workshop-monument-avenue.html </p><p>See also issues of the Walloomsack Review, published by the Bennington Museum.<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p></p><br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-85738010148499819712020-11-17T11:29:00.005-08:002020-12-24T09:37:06.531-08:00Bennington's Town Offices, originally The Root House<p></p><p></p> <p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ueQlpw9i2r2B_PdBcGHO-xYNJH9uTCYkg__SI3l41xK-_KceG0yUNkH8AXrc5cM7opdJDkIymDX_cFngujbjBORvzS1fYXdD6BZ9HQ1qRDHjxAmKVVwCIejM2X3CFyEK49EC7348xZoC/s1954/IMG_8296.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1954" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ueQlpw9i2r2B_PdBcGHO-xYNJH9uTCYkg__SI3l41xK-_KceG0yUNkH8AXrc5cM7opdJDkIymDX_cFngujbjBORvzS1fYXdD6BZ9HQ1qRDHjxAmKVVwCIejM2X3CFyEK49EC7348xZoC/w404-h257/IMG_8296.JPG" width="404" /></a> </p><p>Now that the leaves are off the trees, pause on Union Street, look toward South Street and admire the Root House that was set right there for you to see.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Today this is Bennington's Town Offices. </p><p>The house was built for the Roots' family. Elisha and Betsy Root had come to Bennington in 1833. Their son, Henry Green Root, a tin smith, had joined with Luther Graves, a peddler, to make and market tin goods. The Root family lived here until the 1920's when they gave their house to the Town. <br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc_AYX_GZktLycRh7e_Gw7h4_mdhRh9pwSfqLjPk0XNz_VFb2TTE2V_0smD9BXsEP9vkOHILqyBV2sjY2GZssvcB_W67kEnabYXC9MrCjAwFwJEpSWXDXmqsZzZYDFa0eLhu3dk6-ZiU0/s1035/IMG_E8297-001.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1035" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc_AYX_GZktLycRh7e_Gw7h4_mdhRh9pwSfqLjPk0XNz_VFb2TTE2V_0smD9BXsEP9vkOHILqyBV2sjY2GZssvcB_W67kEnabYXC9MrCjAwFwJEpSWXDXmqsZzZYDFa0eLhu3dk6-ZiU0/s320/IMG_E8297-001.JPG" width="320" /></a>When it was built in the 1840's it was the latest style. Facing the gable end of the house to the street was the new way; so were the wings. English gentlemen had country houses like this. So did successful merchants in the Mid-Atlantic states. </p><p>Now the style had come to Bennington. Copying the solid rectangular shape, the strong moldings, and columns of Greece temples was all the rage. </p><p> </p><p><i>These photographs, each bringing the viewer closer to the house, help show how a visitor approaching on foot or in a carriage would have perceived the house - not as we see it today in one photograph or passing by in a vehicle.</i> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf5RJmijiCQlk4D6-NH8IXev0RStAugqYviBRF_9w_l2n58rbEHLsBiBISOs7eX1jVVDii42cuyd4SNyrgWX9FsXam1ZIiT4lXgQs-ffHceqDHjI2gijJ2uCu0nNxT-hVCGoa1CisLFja/s2048/IMG_8498.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnf5RJmijiCQlk4D6-NH8IXev0RStAugqYviBRF_9w_l2n58rbEHLsBiBISOs7eX1jVVDii42cuyd4SNyrgWX9FsXam1ZIiT4lXgQs-ffHceqDHjI2gijJ2uCu0nNxT-hVCGoa1CisLFja/s320/IMG_8498.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Setting the house back from the street away from the hustle of the town, was also the latest style. It presented the house within a vista. A visitor needed to approach the house deliberately, not just happen by.<br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The veranda - the name used for a porch in the 1840's - helped. It was a platform: showing off the house. <br /></p><p> <br /> It also was a place to see and be seen. It spoke of a family who had leisure time to spend on that porch. <br />The windows which looked onto the veranda came to the floor - you could walk through them. The house became porous, not just protection from the elements. In the winter the windows would have interior shutters and drapes and the newest heating system, cast iron stoves, for warmth.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXDgIMTzEF90sAtp33Y-QKrPj8ibnbu6XmZpmGu1o6AgwlyUAHYeu_6RWwVgvUtQRHc_pql14CbfGopcEG1vbsNQ9OwmDxHqDIIa4Bt9ncYATpDSB6Z1vwEA4vg3yQzIQBUZKCFWDfrYI/s2294/IMG_8491-001.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXDgIMTzEF90sAtp33Y-QKrPj8ibnbu6XmZpmGu1o6AgwlyUAHYeu_6RWwVgvUtQRHc_pql14CbfGopcEG1vbsNQ9OwmDxHqDIIa4Bt9ncYATpDSB6Z1vwEA4vg3yQzIQBUZKCFWDfrYI/s320/IMG_8491-001.JPG" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p> The large, fluted, and slightly tapered columns with simple capitals copied those of Greek temples. <br />They were not cut from one tree, but assembled from many planed and carved boards.</p><p><i> Columns in early Bennington buildings, for example: The Old First Church, 1805, and the Norton-Fenton House, 1836, were trees. </i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1q0AMnUlKmJVLxoECz8mjH3punykBliUSpMP8tWJzdrWXxD-pJtGKNvNom27d7JyOJiQf7pbQI9IPivcXLO10ZozsIla4ZOuPSHZsoyI29AN_Aw9-mLMnl_3ErQ-9MlifxsrzG_kgP1K/s789/IMG_8495-001.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="788" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1q0AMnUlKmJVLxoECz8mjH3punykBliUSpMP8tWJzdrWXxD-pJtGKNvNom27d7JyOJiQf7pbQI9IPivcXLO10ZozsIla4ZOuPSHZsoyI29AN_Aw9-mLMnl_3ErQ-9MlifxsrzG_kgP1K/w198-h198/IMG_8495-001.JPG" width="198" /></a></div> <p> The gable triangle, emphasized by moldings reminded the viewers of a classic Greek pediment. The flat boards - set side by side, not lapped as clapboards are - referenced the stone walls of Greek temples The boards were probably made smooth by a water powered planing machine, not by hand. What a time saver that would have been!</p><p><br /></p><p>The columns and the flat boards required newly emerging technologies that Bennington embraced. <br /></p><p></p><p></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsEMGg4CJQkVXfVfFfsDholb8-luHv719i4j3NiMIK9Erf60i47taBq8PLosm3y_Wn2m-oh0Byl0j8fPDYbn4zPUcD2SsaKI8gUtILIXAg1tvz8BE5osaaf6CcRb1U1BRVJh3SB1f1Nm4/s319/IMG-0266.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="319" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsEMGg4CJQkVXfVfFfsDholb8-luHv719i4j3NiMIK9Erf60i47taBq8PLosm3y_Wn2m-oh0Byl0j8fPDYbn4zPUcD2SsaKI8gUtILIXAg1tvz8BE5osaaf6CcRb1U1BRVJh3SB1f1Nm4/w360-h332/IMG-0266.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p>The house - seen here in the center of the colorized 1887 Bird's Eye View map of Bennington - had barns and out buildings. One - on the left at the corner of South and Elm Streets - had begun as the Root and Graves' company workshop. It is now Bennington's Welcome Center.</p><p>To the right is the house that is now used for Harvest Brewing and a restaurant and then the brick wall of Jay's Art Shop and Frame Gallery. </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW9q637LALNvPm4Fa-yszoeM51uYjJkLyOSbzU6kieLeFEjBiB-HrlBI9XWAScQ7s5V1-rD8S12PiZPxwdECkc7iAaubyd4CLh4sJ3jBxz8SIsRVLWjx6z2k3KYn5lBAiscb5g4jAFEKs/s1120/IMG-500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW9q637LALNvPm4Fa-yszoeM51uYjJkLyOSbzU6kieLeFEjBiB-HrlBI9XWAScQ7s5V1-rD8S12PiZPxwdECkc7iAaubyd4CLh4sJ3jBxz8SIsRVLWjx6z2k3KYn5lBAiscb5g4jAFEKs/s320/IMG-500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's the house as photographed by WT White or WH Sibley for the <u>Bennington Souvenir</u>. published in 1904. <i><br /><br /></i><br /></p><p>Mary Root Mollica once told me that when she was a child (early 1930's) her Morgan horse was stabled in one of the barns. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-20883270451060859612020-10-16T13:34:00.000-07:002020-10-16T13:34:12.503-07:00Hiram Waters' workshop, Monument Avenue, Bennington, VT<p> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></p><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK67YNn-o6dwgNDVg-atBAgzWXVFgx_rUq0Eq8cHdFfLMgVnL08TmvtrjXquWCCB8gJF23wGq2hNcDHbk7OVTkWTEmODxYyOrNMfFudz8t4jUA1_v2Nn9dSEUbim5r3T5f5JEQeNTGGsM/s1416/IMG-9976.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1088" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGK67YNn-o6dwgNDVg-atBAgzWXVFgx_rUq0Eq8cHdFfLMgVnL08TmvtrjXquWCCB8gJF23wGq2hNcDHbk7OVTkWTEmODxYyOrNMfFudz8t4jUA1_v2Nn9dSEUbim5r3T5f5JEQeNTGGsM/w312-h406/IMG-9976.jpg" width="312" /></a></div> <br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Hiram Waters was an excellent carpenter. This is his workshop on Monument Avenue in Old Bennington; built in 1835, with help from the community to replace his old shop which had burned down. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">His apprentices roomed upstairs; the kitchen was in the basement. It’s shape - a story and a half, gable facing the street, is standard for the time. The center door says it’s a place of business: the visitor enters into a show room. A residence would have a side entrance leading into a hall with a room on one side .</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Enjoy his skill as a joiner - a finish carpenter. He understands the latest style: Greek Revival. His proportions fit his facade - not too big or too little. He includes all the right classic architectural details. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">This is now residential and connected to the house to the left.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-G4mAFhoHKRizj_XGebf0r-c1BmTjzI77u91cCny83NKKOC4rqGfnP2UYp6ZrV5n5ya4kZp5mLjSmSpTBAk5hmL1co5nfw-r51lwChzMrAIy6SmqQIx7ZXrB9dfwTEl7BYY0KUf2J_Ba/s1580/IMG-9977.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-G4mAFhoHKRizj_XGebf0r-c1BmTjzI77u91cCny83NKKOC4rqGfnP2UYp6ZrV5n5ya4kZp5mLjSmSpTBAk5hmL1co5nfw-r51lwChzMrAIy6SmqQIx7ZXrB9dfwTEl7BYY0KUf2J_Ba/s320/IMG-9977.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">'Pattern books' were published to share the latest designs with country
carpenters. We know that Waters owned at least one of Asher Benjamin's pattern books,
which included detailed drawings of columns like these.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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the half rounds that make up the column are fascinating - classic
flutes curve in, here they curve out, 'reed molding'. <br /> Did he not have the right plane? Was he inventing using the planes he had? </span></span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Or did he prefer this shape?</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></span>No matter - it's handsome.</span></span> <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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count 6 layers of molding - 6 shadow lines for the capital from the
top of the column to the frieze (the flat piece). And then the 'rope':
delicate, tucked between 2 larger simple surfaces and a plain fillet.</span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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running bead continues up the rake, under the overhanging eaves. It is
small - best seen by a pedestrian, which is 1835 would have been almost
everyone.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The cabinet shop itself is a statement of Water's ability as a builder; the rope molding is frosting on the cake.</span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ6eViu29pGDJAQ8PSJBUanSZQD-c9gnZyW7gNPLyE4GHpoVA6aZTw4dXfZh-oW819zVgBJDzGNH1296lo_4frxH66SR5WYsPqseWT6rCL_HwKDq6Oo7z2VBxpXtCAQo4WEEwflP0Ogsx/s1077/IMG-034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="905" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ6eViu29pGDJAQ8PSJBUanSZQD-c9gnZyW7gNPLyE4GHpoVA6aZTw4dXfZh-oW819zVgBJDzGNH1296lo_4frxH66SR5WYsPqseWT6rCL_HwKDq6Oo7z2VBxpXtCAQo4WEEwflP0Ogsx/s320/IMG-034.jpg" /></a></div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The pattern book we think Waters owned was Asher Benjamin's <b>Practical House Carpenter</b>, first published in 1830. This frontispiece comes form the edition published </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">in 1844. <br />Benjamin's books were very popular. He published regularly from 1797 until his death in 1845. His publishers issued later editions until 1862. <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have copied it here so it's not lost.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The images of Asher Benjamin's Plates come from <b>The Architect, or Practical House Carpenter (1830</b>), Dover Publications reprint, 1988. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">That book does not include this frontispiece. That came from an original edition available online. I chose to use the original fonts and layout because I wanted to share with you, the reader, the cover page which Hiram Waters saw. <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"> </span> </div><p></p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-11668362248914420012020-08-14T17:30:00.005-07:002020-08-15T10:57:05.134-07:00The Campbell House porch, Main St. Bennington, VT<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHuu2BZHJTi_hcIaOOYw3K5rkzCiLg6IDBY1NOF13WwXfFcJmqG2iZhVCkY1yC4SPpgRCSf5yfl1amMyf4uARGLzEiyz0u4-GfjyiVHb-g0muT72Ci_dL8zETnXegGcn9HYJ_Bp9tUApv/s1600/IMG_3912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1597" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHuu2BZHJTi_hcIaOOYw3K5rkzCiLg6IDBY1NOF13WwXfFcJmqG2iZhVCkY1yC4SPpgRCSf5yfl1amMyf4uARGLzEiyz0u4-GfjyiVHb-g0muT72Ci_dL8zETnXegGcn9HYJ_Bp9tUApv/w327-h328/IMG_3912.JPG" width="327" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></p><p><i> This is a look at a beautifully designed porch.</i></p><p><i>I included commentary about how a porch was used in a time before the automobile, when seeing and being seen was a art form with etiquette and rules.</i></p><p><i> </i><br /></p><p><b> How to design the perfect porch for the month of August. </b><br /></p><p></p><p><br /> </p><p>The Campbell House, built in 1896, Bennington, Vt., was designed by William Bull, Bennington's premier Late Victorian architect.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <br /></p><p> 1 - Make one side (on the left here) ample so family and friends can
gather, admire the owner’s factory across the road, and
observe the community passing by. </p><p><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Set your house back from the
street. This allows </span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">
gentile lounging and </span></span>discrete watching, without engagement with the public.</span></span></p><br /><p><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Originally
a small porch (with an awning!) was in the middle of the 2nd floor, between the windows.<br /></span></span></p><p><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> In the attic another porch - now glassed in - had a view
north to the mountains. </span></span></p><p><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGXgO9rymz2kLqc2KIaBnmPNTyT0OsQ5J3AKaMRqxge9_XYHX-Dd4Vrn9nFQ8KtfUbmZQM0Y3Do1chLZZ4uIwdSQPvlxOdIPCn8OsYlDgBrFjNwC4kU9Cu1ZsvrzE4vdZdoxdpAHhlBCd/s1639/IMG-9171.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="1639" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGXgO9rymz2kLqc2KIaBnmPNTyT0OsQ5J3AKaMRqxge9_XYHX-Dd4Vrn9nFQ8KtfUbmZQM0Y3Do1chLZZ4uIwdSQPvlxOdIPCn8OsYlDgBrFjNwC4kU9Cu1ZsvrzE4vdZdoxdpAHhlBCd/w262-h250/IMG-9171.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><p> </p><p>2 - Always put a tower above your porch so it’s clear where the action is. <br /></p><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="mrs fsm fwn fcg"><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftTimestampAudienceContainer"><div id="fbPhotoSnowliftAudienceSelector"><div class="mbs fbPhotosAudienceContainerEditable _1jam"><div class="_6a _g4r _43_1 _3iio _20np _21o- _fol"><div class="_6a uiPopover" id="u_jsonp_12_2e"><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="Shared with Your friends" class="_42ft _4jy0 _55pi _5vto _55_p _2agf _4o_4 _401v _p _1zg8 _3m8n _4jy3 _517h _51sy _59pe" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Your friends" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10223097495736235&set=pcb.10223097556017742&type=3&theater#" id="u_jsonp_12_2f" rel="toggle" role="button" style="max-width: 26px;"><span class="_4o_3"></span></a></div></div></div></div></span><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftExpiration"></span><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftBlock"></span></span></span></span><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftViewOnApp"></span><span id="fbPhotoSnowliftUseApp"></span><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Add a great finial! <br />
The plaster ornaments around the frieze anchoring the turret were the latest fashion. </span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><i> </i></span></span><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span>Weatherproof plaster that could hold ornate shapes was newly invented. <span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">These patterns are still
available and made from the original molds.</span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><i><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></i></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEBYCP0Wa2oVuMY7pTdEb8tBDPq2mE2tXqZPPIo5PpNV-1c7tD4z2iggmxhmXY-qpVdPT24Ohh8wHlvRh_gmQBuyWBpkYyvGZeT6OJtfyUtsO3r1DArYW3N1pn7ortpKFGM2jeYEwzawK/s2048/IMG-9170.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2048" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEBYCP0Wa2oVuMY7pTdEb8tBDPq2mE2tXqZPPIo5PpNV-1c7tD4z2iggmxhmXY-qpVdPT24Ohh8wHlvRh_gmQBuyWBpkYyvGZeT6OJtfyUtsO3r1DArYW3N1pn7ortpKFGM2jeYEwzawK/w262-h228/IMG-9170.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">3 - Include a wide stair which curves outward. <br />The
house is set more than 6 ft above the street which could a daunting height. </span></span></span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">If a stair were narrow it would be forbidding.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Those wide, curved, shallow steps solve the problem. One can climb them leisurely;</span></span></span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> be seen, pause, and be welcomed (or not). </span></span></span></span></div><br /><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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your porch! Curve your railing! Add double columns too. William Bull
was a master at using curves. They make spaces slightly larger. But
visually, physically, circles draw the eye; they are dramatic. They also
soften the character of, and welcome you into, the space.</span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvuGnAOxQATNK3kPCYUslBanwGA84KA43NGe7HcrFUnF5V_EtY8DMkSSd_W1jbcnWVgX5M0tgy4u7HcuRoBgRrHodiiVUN913DwBHu3r7B0dhphWsUQ1Bwl_leEc-oDmw55tXFxuNvrXY/s2048/IMG-9177.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1630" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvuGnAOxQATNK3kPCYUslBanwGA84KA43NGe7HcrFUnF5V_EtY8DMkSSd_W1jbcnWVgX5M0tgy4u7HcuRoBgRrHodiiVUN913DwBHu3r7B0dhphWsUQ1Bwl_leEc-oDmw55tXFxuNvrXY/w261-h328/IMG-9177.jpg" width="261" /></a></div> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">5 - Add
as many patterns as you can. You do not want bored companions. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Choose
sensibly: stone for bases, fretwork for airing the porch, solid
pedestals for those columns, sturdy railings and balusters for young
gentlemen to carelessly lounge on.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrffxBB4G7eulPEbMuUBZquql_h-72c_c2CC_9n0c6RK9uVUUw-ngHcGOPha1jI5kv0OgbjxHYWmVIi-POX7pNn-phZfMNppYJfSEJZrt_Hb3h2uKncXW7ZZegEQulARTr6SNN3qkEXdUu/s459/IMG-9178.jpg" style="clear: right; 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'grace and beauty', the right ideas for a summer porch. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Set the curved horns on angle, with 2 faces each, not 2 per end as in the Classic design. Add some acanthus leaves as a flourish.
<br /> Your family and friends will visit whether or not your cook can provide excellent lemonade and ginger snaps.</span></span> </span></span> </span></span></div><div class="_xlr"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span> <br /></span></span></div><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></div><p> </p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-30106116659499678012020-07-12T12:53:00.000-07:002020-07-27T13:47:39.011-07:00The Miller's Toll - How it was built<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTgAoBg0ZyUFeUOtDVQtU8UCih10n3R21Og-ebilCUwwCIcdXbGzakL1LRbALtZAXFnDf1K84zlDS36m1rltYHTNoTguIA99eTcbix3jfLelnsZFYdOWDAHN44cybLiS8rzYek1_7hV51/s1600/IMG-8965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>I wrote about the history of The Miller's Toll Restaurant on Main St. in Bennington here: https://passingbyjgr.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-vermont-steak-house-was-cigar.html<br />
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All the good framing that I was fortunate to see is now hidden again as the renovations are completed. Invisible. Behind siding, insulation, interior walls, new paint.<br />
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I can't say,"Next time you're there look at this!" Instead this post answers the questions I get: "That old? How to do you know? What are you looking at?"<br />
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I started checking Bennington's old maps, seeing if they show the house. They do.<br />
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Here is a small part of the 1877 Bird's Eye View map of Bennington.<br />
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In the middle, beside the Walloomsac River, above and left of the bridge, is the house.<br />
It is a 2 story house with a back wing and a porch on 2 sides. There are 3 windows on the second floor in the front and a chimney in the middle.<br />
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This is what the 2nd floor looked like 3 years ago.<br />
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The 3 windows seen on the map are still there. <br />
The roof still has the same pitch with the gable facing the street.<br />
The bunch of wood in the photograph in the middle of the floor - where the surface changes - covers the hole where the chimney was.<br />
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The hole in the roof for the chimney is now patched. It is right where the map placed it.<br />
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It's the same house. It was here in 1877.<br />
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The gable faces the street. That was the 'new' way to build in the 1830's. The house is at least that old.<br />
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The 1835 Hinsdill Map of Bennington has dot in this spot.*<br />
Is this house that dot? Yes. Here is how I can tell.<br />
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<i>Warning! Now begin some picky details!</i><br />
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Notice that the roof sheathing is wide boards with vane. 'Vane' is the edge of the tree. The boards were not trimmed, but used as they were sliced off the log by the saw. <br />
The frame, painted here in the photo, is typical of New England post and beam, timber frame construction. <br />
The square posts support beams connected with mortise and tenon joints held together with wooden pegs.<br />
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Here the frame is exposed and painted. By the1830's the beams would have been hidden in the wall, and ceiling. The lath (see the photo below) would have covered the posts and beams as well as the exterior sheathing. <br />
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The walls have no studs. Instead planks sit side by side. Bennington had lots of wood and saw blades to cut them into wide panels. The intermediate studs we had earlier used in the post and beam frame gave way to plank walls.<br />
Those planks were cut at Safford's saw mill located just across the Walloomsac River.<br />
This is reasonably common here in the Tri-State area. Sometimes it can be found in houses in western NY and Ohio. That indicates that a framer trained here took his skills with him when he moved west.<br />
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The mill used a sash saw with a saw blade that went up and down. It left marks on the boards which are still visible today. Later circular saws left curved marks. Those saws were in the area by the 1840's. <br />
In the photograph the left side shows the saw marks.<br />
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On the right side are the light and dark marks left from where lath was nailed on for plaster. The uneven lines mean that the lath was 'split' - make from boards. Later lath is cut in uniform widths instead of being split. <br />
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For a more technical discussion you can read my blog post here: https://www.jgrarchitect.com/2020/07/the-millers-toll-bennington-vt-its.html<br />
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* Prints of the Hinsdill Map are in the Bennington Museum Research Library as well as several books on Bennington and Vermont.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-25915038936570336972017-09-03T09:34:00.001-07:002017-09-04T18:48:29.398-07:00Kevin's, Main St, North Bennington<div class="MsoNormal">
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practical store and apartment block in 1903. He manufactured fire tube boilers,
a heating system he invented, across the street. * <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> The economic panic in the
late 1890’s – when unemployment had topped 13% - brought an end to extravagant
Victorian buildings. Simmons’ Block was modern yet classical. It was
symmetrical, with the traditional three parts: a base, a middle, and a top. The
glass store fronts on the bottom floor are the base; the large windows above
the middle. The top is emphasized by the flourish of the wide sheet metal cornice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exterior decoration but from the elements of the building itself: the windows’
size and placement, the marble lintels and sills, the brick corners and
fretting supporting the sheet metal cornice.
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lintels support the bricks above the windows, the sills are an impervious
surface. The brick corners provide stability; the brick fretting and cornice
extend out to help keep the rain off the brick face. They hide the slope of the
roof to the rear. The brick, marble, and sheet metal were fireproof. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Earlier Mr. Simmons had dealt
in hardware. He would have been familiar with the companies which sold embossed
metal facades by mail. The parts would have been shipped to him by rail to the
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Here, as well as on his own
shop, he used this new technology for the cornices. Inside he installed
‘modern’ tin ceilings. The pattern, however, is Victorian: the simple center
grid is surrounded by a wide band of leaves with rope edgings and flower corner
blocks. It not only turns the corners but also morphs into the crown molding on
the wall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> The current dining room was
once the post office. The post master’s window is still here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><i> I wrote this in 2011. The post master's window may be gone now in 2017.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><i>* On Sept 3, 2017 I published this on face book, on Tim Wager's "Bennington History after Dirt was Invented" page. This reply came from Tim Rice. With his permission I add it here with my comment.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span class="" style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a aria-controls="js_q2" aria-describedby="js_q3" aria-haspopup="true" class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=1747351408&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A%22567358096773739%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/ted.rice2?fref=gc&dti=567358096773739" id="js_q4" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;">Ted Rice</a>: </span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All steam locomotives used fire tube boilers, long before 1903. Water tube boilers weren't as common but also predated this time. They are usually used in heating systems. Flash tube boilers are more modern and safer as they only have a small amount of steam in them at a time. But Simmons certainly didn't "invent" fire tube boilers.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I answered: Thanks Ted! The history I used: Walbridge's History of N. Bennington tells about Simmons. I know little about boilers. I suspect Simmons saw the opportunity to bring them to Bennington which made him the 'inventor ' .</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ted: </span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, that seems to be the case: </span><a class="" dir="ltr" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbennington.pastperfectonline.com%2Fbyperson%3Fkeyword%3DSimmons%252C%2520William%2520Bernis%26fref%3Dgc%26dti%3D567358096773739&h=ATOsb4RhIgstM_KRPcAgzm9tzy9dVHdq2PwhPyxvZHoSp3f9WkgGmejWGJXJoSoDEzM6dIjLT49k5_A6Sz1veGBvyj6A52bhGQK572Vl9bJemQ4I8DiCUuyaG8m9L7SBLQudN04TLw" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">.</a></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #365899; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">http://bennington.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Simmons%2C+William+Bernis</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Me: That's interesting and not just about inventions. WB Simmons was born in 1888, so he is too young to be the builder of Kevin's brick building unit. His father, HC Simmons, would have been the builder.</span></span></div>
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Here's Bennington's Norton-Fenton House, built in 1838.<br />
The small porches on either side of the 3 grand columns are modern additions. So are the storm doors.<br />
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I wrote about its history in an earlier post. http://passingbyjgr.blogspot.com/2014/01/passing-by-norton-fenton-house.html<br />
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Recently I was asked why the house has 4 front doors.<br />
The simple explanation is:<br />
2 of the doors are for visitors, 2 are for the family; or perhaps for business.<br />
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The 'company' doors are grand with double Ionic columns.<br />
The curled scrolls at the top of the columns were thought to symbolize wisdom and grace.<br />
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Today the columns are not readily visible from the street, sheltered by the porch roofs.<br />
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The secondary doors are those in the middle with no columns, only casings.<br />
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The fluted moldings have rosettes at the top, not capitals, a modern touch in 1838. The massive marble lintels make these doors sturdy and practical. <br />
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The house was built for an extended family. Judge Luman Norton and his wife lived on the left side; their daughter and her husband, Christopher Fenton, were on the right, Together they owned the pottery factories around the corner on the Walloomsac River.<br />
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The families must have wished to visit and share easily. There is, for example, a bake oven in the firebox of the Fenton house, but none on the Nortons'. Those 2 family doors made it possible to quickly and easily go from one house to the other.<br />
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'Back' doors existed as well, for household chores.<br />
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It is possible that the 'family' doors were 'business' doors. They opened into rooms that could have been used as offices for the potteries. Before 1860, tradesmen's workrooms were often attached to their homes. Lawyers, judges, ministers, and doctors regularly had offices in their houses. Why not pottery owners too? <br />
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There is another way to consider the front doors -<br />
The house itself is really 2 center entrance houses set side by side - with a hole where they join. Look at the windows across the 2nd floor - 5 on the left centered on a front door; 5 on the right also centered over a front door.<br />
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Here is a picture of what the house would look like as double house - long, ordinary, undistinguished. <br />
The red line is added to help to visualize the 2 houses.<br />
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Changing the roof direction in the middle gives the house a center. Then, of course, that bit of roof becomes a pediment which needs a visual support on each end. That space becomes the first thing a visitor sees. Adding the 3 columns just reinforces the effect. <br />
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The center section could have been brought forward. Instead it was recessed. That made space for both windows and columns.<br />
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The drawing shows how elegant it is.<br />
The main doors with their ornate columns, side lights, and transoms soften the austerity and power of those columns, and bring the viewers' eyes back from the pediment to the ground.<br />
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Then the business doors were added... And with them the visual dilemma - where to look? which doors are the important? the ones in the center, under the pediment? those with the columns? <br />
Today I look and wonder what solution I would come up with if I had been the designer; the Nortons and Fentons, my clients.<br />
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I am very fond of this house. It is unique, it begins with the 100 yr old tradition of what a house should look like in 1830 and then creates something new. I am glad to see it useful 180 years after it was built, and especially glad that many different people get to enjoy it. <br />
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-18904442314977530382017-02-10T15:05:00.000-08:002019-12-02T10:25:07.402-08:00William Bull's buildings: the Bennington Poor Farm <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , sans-serif;"><i>In 2011, Joe Hall and I wrote an article for The Walloomsack Review, the journal of the Bennington Museum, </i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>about William Bull. Joe had done the research: I was asked to write about the architecture</i>. <i>I have described the architecture with more nuance</i></span><i style="font-size: 12pt;"> here</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Still in 1891, at the age of 31, he began to design buildings - houses, churches, the Bennington train station - that still delight us today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Bull left us no diaries or letters, few records - only his buildings. They tell us he enjoyed designing, playing with form and surface. He had a sense of place <i>(how the building would fit the land)</i> and massing <i>(how the parts would fit together to appeal to us)</i>. He made memorable spaces for people to use and live in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the last and simplest buildings Bull designed, in 1914, was the
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quiet on the land - simple but not poor or miserly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The building is very long. Here Bull played with the massing - divided the structure into parts - to create a dignified whole: a beginning (the entrance), a middle (the wings), and an end (the 2 chimney walls on either end). <br />He placed a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">traditional farm house shape in the center with a large center entrance, a porch with triple columns, balanced windows each side. He placed that farm house</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a few feet in front of the wings and turned the</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> roof so that the house was set off before the north and south wings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This helped make the scale of the farm more personal, less intimidating, human.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The windows in both wings are </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">large and well proportioned -</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> not skimpy or mean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Large windows were also necessary to provide day lighting before we had reliable electricity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The high end walls act as visual book ends, holding the rows of windows in place, anchoring the whole building to the land. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> They give the building 'weight', importance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The end walls also simplified the slate roof details - slate was the standard roofing of the time - and enclosed the chimneys.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are no frills here. The character is from the size and scale of the parts: the wall and roof height, the window proportions, the shapes of the parts put together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Town was graced with a building which did not look down upon its poor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Today this is the home of BROC, housing its offices and apartments. </span><br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-32026816688167206282017-01-23T18:34:00.000-08:002020-07-11T05:18:54.515-07:00The Vermont Steak House was a cigar manufactory?Yes,<br />
The Vermont Steak House was once a place where cigars were made.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Last fall the Bennington Banner’s front page
photo showed the beginning renovation of the Steak House, <i>lately known as Peppermills</i>, by John
Redding of the Safford Mill Inn and Cafe.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I knew the building was older than that, that its framing was </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">‘post and beam', a system </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">used 200 years ago. I decided to do some detective work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I checked the maps in the Bennington Museum Library. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Beginning with the 1835 Hinsdill map, the
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The house that is shown in the 1877 map is still here. It is clearly drawn - as is seen here in the middle of an expanded </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">piece of that map. <br />The Walloomsac River swings under Main Street, past the Safford Inn on the right, and on past to flow under Safford Street. On the left side of the river, across from the Inn is what we have called the Vermont Steak House: 2 stories, a peaked roof with the gable facing the street, a back wing, and what seems to be a porch on the street and right side, and a chimney. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Cigar Manufactory”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The 1893 Register for Bennington has this ad:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">"R. Ovies, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Making cigars in Bennington? Why?<br />I did some research. I found out that many bustling towns like Bennington had places where cigars were put together either for a regional company or for local use. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Teenage girls - who </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">were supposed to have nimble fingers and would work for little pay - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">usually assembled the cigars. They were often immigrants who could be hired even if they didn't speak English. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />The 1906 Sanborn map labels the house a Butcher Shop. R.J. Ovies now runs the store; his father is simply a resident. Note the Ovies' listings </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">in the Register.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">By 1921, the one story front entrance has been added to the Grocery. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">On the 1930’s maps it has become a restaurant. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">We also saw original clapboard, molding and roofing, in the style popular about 1825. All been left there, just covered up when the second floor of the back wing was built around it. The lines of the original rear shed were easy to see. The chimney location matched the chimney on the house shown in the 1877 map.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This house really was built almost 200 years ago. It has had a fascinating career as it has adapted to the needs of one era after another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">John Redding and his wife,
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forward to enjoying what they will offer. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am also happy that the Safford Mills is preparing the house for its next century. </span><br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-23390416348395935512015-09-07T14:50:00.001-07:002021-04-10T12:41:28.410-07:00Chimneys as Decoration: The Campbell House<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span face="'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif">William Bull, Bennington’s Victorian architect, designed this house for William Campbell at </span><span face="'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif">207 W. Main Street, Bennington,</span><span face="'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif"> in 1894. Bull knew the house would be seen from many different angles. The house sits at the intersection of two prominent streets, Main and Dewey. Campbell's factory was located across Main Street along side the river - <i>approximately where the parking lot for St. Francis de Sales Church is today</i>. Bull created wonderful aspects and details to be enjoyed by the Campbells, by visitors and those just passing by.</span><br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-92160354015405106612015-06-07T09:20:00.001-07:002016-02-07T11:21:37.177-08:00Brick in the Valley, June 4, 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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lintels and water table: Neo-Classical.</span><br />
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here beginning in the 1820’s. The Academy in Old Bennington, 1821, was probably
the first, followed by others on Monument Avenue, in North Bennington, and
Shaftsbury. By the 1840’s handsome brick houses graced at least 9 farms in
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Valley. How might it have come here in such quantity? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were straight roads laid out beginning in the1820’s to ship goods to market
expeditiously. Ones that still bear the name are the Mud Turnpike in
Boyntonville, the Tamhannock Turnpike in Pittstown, Turnpike Road in Cambridge.
In Bennington, West Road in Bennington,VT, which stopped at Pleasant Valley Road was
extended to Mapletown in Hoosick, NY.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It is the board or stone at the bottom of the wall just above the foundation. Often foundations were irregular, being built out of stone. The water table stuck out, insuring that water running down the face of the house was jettisoned away from the foundation.<br />
At the Barnett House the foundation - above the ground - is made from beautiful cut stone, laid up with care. It is not irregular. Still the mortar would have been lime and sand, not cement - protection was still useful.<br />
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This house, c. 1825, has a brick foundation and a stone water table. Here the window sills are stone, but the lintels over the windows are arched brick, not stone as in the Barnett House. I think the technology for cutting the wide marble lintels did not yet exist.<br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-35587385011130401632015-04-26T14:44:00.002-07:002016-02-29T10:20:53.363-08:00The Luther Graves House<div class="MsoNormal">
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is a white brick building with red trim and a Mansard roof. In 1867 it was the
carriage house for Luther and Sarah Graves’ mansion which sat where the Elks
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Luther Graves, a salesman, and Henry Root,
a tin-maker, joined forces in 1831 to manufacture and peddle tin ware: buttons,
spoons, cups, plates, pans, stove pipes. A few years later they set up a
factory in Bennington. The town had no tin-maker; there would be no competition.
As the company grew Graves could no longer peddle; he ran the office. By 1860
the company had 100 peddlers working out of 4 branch offices. Graves and Root
were wealthy men. Graves then turned, in 1863, to establishing The First National
Bank of Bennington. Root became the bank’s vice-president.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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3 story brick mansion, a statement to their success. At first glance at the
photograph it seems much like the Park-McCullough House built 3 years earlier.
Both have belvederes, sloping Mansard roofs, arched windows, wrap around
porches with slender Italianate columns. However, this house feels more solid.
It is built of massive brick not lighter wood. The window hoods and arched pediments
at the roof line are weighty. The 2
story double chimneys stand like soldiers. The house was sited so that those
passing by looked up at the house and knew its strength: a good house for a
banker. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on Main Street and 4 houses in Bennington, all architecturally interesting. This
house was torn down in the 1960’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The Defoe-Mooar-Wright House, Main St. Pownal, VT<o:p></o:p></div>
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Postcard published by BW Hale, Williamsville, MA, 1909<o:p></o:p></div>
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This postcard,
from 1909, shows the back of the Defoe-Mooar- Wright House in Pownal, c. 1750,
probably the oldest house in Vermont. A
book could be written about the house. I cropped the view because I am only
writing about the roof! <o:p></o:p></div>
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It shelters the
original small 4 room house: 2 rooms with fireplaces downstairs, 2 upstairs
under the eaves. The roof was ordinary, a gable. The 4 windows on the right side
belong to the original house. When a storage wing was added on the back the
roof was extended to cover it. The slope of the new roof didn’t match the first
one; it wasn’t quite as steep.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon the storage
space became living space. It was a common way to grow a house just as today we
enclose porches and sunrooms, expand into garages. <o:p></o:p></div>
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People considered such roofs normal. If they noticed that dramatic
slope sweeping down from the high peak close enough to the ground to be touched,
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Fast forward to
1876: The United States celebrated its Centennial; we were 100 years old! America had a past. Old houses, so different
from those the Victorians were building, were part of it. We began to
distinguish one old house style from another, to name them. This roof reminded
New England historians of the ‘salt boxes’ with sloping lids which held salt in
their kitchens. Historians in the South saw these roofs as ‘cat slides’.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the last
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I think we see
older houses anew when they are 80 to 100 years old – when they were built by
people we didn’t know. They aren’t just old, not just nostalgic. We don’t quite know what they are about. We
have to consider why they look like that. We give them names so we talk about
them with others. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Defoe-Mooar-Wright
House uses Dutch framing around an English layout. It has brick nogging. It
faces the river, not the road. One of its fireplaces is in the basement. Its
ownership history is not fully understood. Naming its roof a salt box is only
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-29602271816223841462015-02-04T08:01:00.002-08:002015-02-04T08:01:36.046-08:00The 1789 Map of Vermont<div class="MsoNormal">
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Driving west on Northside Drive I look across the land where
La Flamme’s furniture store once stood, over Furnace Brook to the stone house
and its wood frame neighbor at the junction of Northside Drive, Harwood Hill
and Harmon Road. I am seeing a village, The Flats. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Based on the age of the houses I thought The Flats was settled
about 1830. I was wrong; the community is on the 1789 Map of Vermont, a map I barely
knew. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tyler Resch, the Bennington Museum’s Librarian reminded me
of this map after my December column on Benning Wentworth’s grid. Joseph Parks, Bennington historian and Banner
columnist, wrote about the Map of Vermont in 1998. He described the map as about 2 by 3 feet
with Bennington <o:p></o:p></div>
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The map maker, William Blodgett, owned a blast furnace in
the center of town, just about where North Street crosses the Walloomsac River.
The forge is clearly labeled on his map. Blodgett hoped to make more maps and gain
work as a land agent. In the inch
allotted to Bennington he drew 4 roads. One, mostly gone, ran from Carpenter
Hill beside Jewett’s Brook across to Safford’s mill at Beech and Main Streets
and up the east side of the valley. The other 3 roads we know today: Rte. 9;
the way to North Bennington through the Henry Bridge (Fairview, Vail, Austin
Hill, Murphy, Harrington Roads and Water Street); and Monument Ave.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course the
Monument didn't exist in 1789. Monument Ave was the main road in town. It continued
north from Old Bennington, down the hill, across the river and up Harwood Hill
toward Shaftsbury. Blodgett’s map shows 10 grist and saw mills, and about 40
houses; 10 were in Old Bennington. 10 more were at The Flats and at the
beginning of Harwood Hill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A village at this junction makes sense. Although Blodgett left
out Northside Drive, at least a path was here, coming from East Road, running
along the river, crossing Furnace Brook,
leading on to Walbridge’s mills at the Paper Mill dam and then to North
Bennington. At The Flats it met the main road between Bennington and Shaftsbury.
Here also was the fertile river bottom farm land between the Walloomsac, the
Roaring Branch and Furnace Brook. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Both houses at the intersection face down the road,
welcoming the traveler. They are not haphazard. Designed with classic
proportions, they were built for successful farmers. The Flats was a place, a
‘somewhere’, not just a stoplight on my way to the store. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tyler Resch shared authorship of the article with Joe Parks.
Victor Rolando researched the location of the forge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The column details Blodgett’s life, his iron forge, his time
in Bennington. A good read it is available at the Bennington Museum library. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-55972820824694022952014-12-30T08:21:00.000-08:002018-07-23T16:32:46.925-07:00Town Maps<br />
December 29, 2014<br />
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Written in honor of Tim Corcoran, Bennington’s Town Clerk
who died in November<o:p></o:p></div>
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many aspects of the Bennington. The maps in the Town Clerk’s office are not
fixed. Tim moved them around. He knew them. He shared them. A copy of the 1835
Hinsdill map sat in front of the fireplace by Tim’s desk for a long time. Then
it migrated over to the door. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I asked Tim which was the oldest. He said the map on the
wall in the lobby. The photograph is
this map. The hands holding it are those of Cassandra Barbeau, Tim’s Assistant
Clerk, now our Town Clerk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is not what I hoped Tim would show me. I wanted a map, c.
1770, that showed early settlement patterns. I wanted early roads, bridges, dams,
paths across the mountains, the way to the next town.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead the oldest map is just rectangles, a grid. It has no interest in the actual place.
Benning Wentworth, Royal Governor of New Hampshire, made the map in 1749,
naming us after himself: Bennington. He was never here. He had those boxes neatly
drawn so he could sell the acreage they represented to his cronies. His cronies bought deeds to land they never
saw and sold the deeds to their cronies. Everyone made money. No one came. Eventually
people who did want to live here bought the deeds. They arrived in 1761. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The grid ignores our topography. The Walloomsac and its tributaries
cut diagonally across the Town. We have hills, valleys, water courses, the
Green Mountains, Mt Anthony and Whipstock Hill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I assumed the grid was so awkward that it disappeared. Even
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However I kept driving down very straight roads.
Were they the remnants of grid lines?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE32St6mNkVKXwQ-ihDd_pIsSlrk7z8fs2y9x34RQ3k6pnE6Ob2HAoNTF8QCz5UwZRpcIgahf2ugJngxHNwME_rP3jz3UfNK7pBUjav1qctQdnz2lpUKYQXZUJQYqyNSQCok7b8GLHRAaR/s1600/IMG_0775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE32St6mNkVKXwQ-ihDd_pIsSlrk7z8fs2y9x34RQ3k6pnE6Ob2HAoNTF8QCz5UwZRpcIgahf2ugJngxHNwME_rP3jz3UfNK7pBUjav1qctQdnz2lpUKYQXZUJQYqyNSQCok7b8GLHRAaR/s1600/IMG_0775.JPG" width="246" /></a>On the back of the Hinsdill map in the Town Clerk’s Office I
found glued a study map; Bennington in 1785. Drawn by unidentified researchers about 1975, it lays
out the lots and owners of record in 1785. Showing how the land was divided 25
years after the first settlers arrived, it confirms that paths did develop on some
of the imaginary lines laid out by Benning Wentworth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Starting on the east side of town, here are the roads that
began as boundaries between parcels:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chapel Road, Coleville Road but not East or South Stream
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Fuller Road, both ends; </div>
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Branch Street and Country Road, bordering the Branch family land; </div>
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Rice
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some sections of Monument Avenue, North and
South Streets, and Harwood Hill; </div>
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West Street and Knapp Road in N. Bennington:
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<i>Note: </i><br />
<i>I date the study map from the hand written notes - ie before wide spread use of computers and copiers. By the mid 1980's labels could have been typed and pasted to the map. </i><br />
<i>However, perhaps the research was done for Bennington's 200th anniversary, 1961. or its 225th, 1986.</i><br />
<i>I hope this column will bring forth someone who knows so I can give proper credit and thanks to those who produced the study map. </i></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-8988282628438734602014-11-18T10:28:00.000-08:002014-12-06T04:31:17.285-08:00 The Huntington House at Peters Four Corners <div class="MsoNormal">
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I like to come through Peters Four Corners in Shaftsbury to
see again the land and the houses. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I come especially to
see this, the Huntington House, upright, positive; that porch ready for a visit.
The house doesn’t sit quietly like its neighbor across Tinkham Road but
commands my attention. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Corners is named for the Peters brothers, the roads for
the Coulters, Myers and Tinkhams who had farms here. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before those families the Huntingtons were here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Amos Huntington came with his family to Shaftsbury in 1779.
During the Revolution he was imprisoned in New York City by the British after
being captured at the Battle of Hubbardton. He probably built the cape which
used to sit in a fold of the land on Coulter Road. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Huntington family genealogy says Amos ”devoted himself
to the peaceful pursuits of husbandry,” that he was “emphatically a
peacemaker”. His great-grandson, Myron Huntington, 1827-1880, is noted as
having “owned and improved the old homestead”, this house that had been his
grandfather’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Myron married Mary
Cross in 1850. They expanded the house with this tall 2 story front wing and a
broad porch that suited the technology that was changing how people lived. Cast
iron stoves could heat high ceilinged rooms much more easily than fireplaces. Coal
heated more evenly than wood. Kerosene replaced candles. New devices were
making household chores and farming easier, leaving time for that front porch.
The railroads moved everything and people too. This house speaks to that upbeat
spirit. It happily meshes both Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Its wide
corner boards begin and end with moldings imitating Greek columns. The gable is
finished as a Greek pediment. The Italianate double porch posts are tall and thin,
delicate compared to the solid house behind them, but it all works.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon after the Civil War, Myron and Mary Huntington moved to
Illinois with their 6 children. Other Huntingtons still lived in the area, but
this house changed owners. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Peters Four Corners is named for Maurice Coulter Peters, 1905-1990,
who lived here. His brother, Donny, lived in the cape on Coulter Road. Neither updated their properties. Donny’s house was beyond saving when he died. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maurice’s house lacked basic amenities. In 1990 it had a
cistern and a light bulb. The next 2 owners have repaired and restored what the
Huntingtons built, improving plumbing, heating, and electrical systems. They
continue to work on siding, flashing, and roofing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meadow Valley Farm has brought the farm buildings back to
life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I, one who simply passes by, thank them all for their serious
work and labors of love.<br />
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11/19/14: I have now learned that the house was owned by the Peters family before Maurice was born. I have heard many stories some of which I include here.<br />
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I was told that Maurice's mother (the first wife) was a proper, hard working, farm wife who fed the men their dinner at noon and then changed into her afternoon attire so she could properly entertain her friends in her living room and on the front porch.<br />
Donny's mother, the second wife, - as reported by those who saw her - was a beautifully dressed woman: furs, soft leather gloves, cashmere.<br />
Maurice was married for about a year. The house west of this one was built for him and the new wife.<br />
In his later years he would sometimes move down into the basement during winter cold spells. I am told that he lived simply and felt no need to modernize.<br />
I have also been told that the Colonial across the road was built by the Huntingtons. As I did not do a deed research for these houses I do not know. I relied on genealogy and maps. </div>
<o:p></o:p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-56562327528491599252014-10-07T17:08:00.001-07:002014-10-12T12:16:25.869-07:00107 Branch Street, Bennington, VT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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30 years ago 107 Branch Street was considered just a house,
nothing special. Today we call it a ‘Four Square’ and I’m writing about it.
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It got old! This style
of house was very popular from about 1900 until the 1930’s. Over the years
these houses became ordinary. Then as they aged they gained a past; we looked
at them with nostalgia. We saw that they reflected an earlier way of life; we
gave them a name. Now they are ‘vintage’ and will soon be ‘antique’!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The name originally came from the
floor plan, a square divided in 4 parts: 4 rooms on the first floor, 4 on the
second. Today it more often refers to
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Four Square houses have a pyramid
roof over a 2 story box and usually a generous front porch. They were built in many variations in
Bennington and all over the United States. The shape was efficient, simple to build, and
could easily accommodate regional preferences. For example, a porch could have
turned railings on the New England seacoast, square brick posts and balusters
in the Midwest, or a solid half wall with Doric columns as was built here. The
style was so popular that Sears Roebuck - and the other mail order companies
which shipped kit houses by rail - copied the style. The mail order houses were
never trendsetters; they copied successful designs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The definition of
‘Four square’ is ‘forthright, solid, strong, honest’. Visually I think this
house lives up to its name. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the early 1900’s people passed this house every day as they
walked to work, to shop, to catch the trolley on Main Street. The house, set off by the small front yard,
was part of the streetscape, part of the neighborhood. The front porch encouraged
that feeling. It was, and is, a place to see and be seen. Earlier houses often
faced the sun, and looked out over the land. Grand houses were placed to
impress the approaching visitor. Workers’ housing clustered in the shadow of
the mill. This house, and the many others
built in this era, was set to interact with the community. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The shape of the house is simple. It has none of the bays or
turrets so popular in the Victorian era. It is a box sitting solidly on the
land. The siding adds to the sense of stability: the clapboard on the first
floor is sheltered by the shingles on the second. The deep eaves are
protective, and the roof – a pyramid – is a strong, stable shape. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The few frills add to the feeling. Those corbels under the
roof emphasize the broad eaves. The attic dormer is within the roof. The porch columns’
style is Doric, symbolic of strength and stability. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Banner photograph is in black and white. The house
itself has great color: creamy siding and trim, dark blue shingles. The
original paint colors would have been similar – light color on the bottom,
darker muddy brown, green, or rust for the shingles, perhaps a third color for
trim. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Colvin family originally farmed this land. Their farm house
is now 901 East Main Street. The Rockwoods, Colvin cousins, owned land on both
sides of Branch Street and ran Rockwood Hosiery Mill on Main Street. In
October, 1922, Arthur Rockwood sold parcels on the east side of Branch Street to
Lee Warner. I think Warner was a builder because 6 months later, in April,
1923, he sold this house to William and Mattie Heiderstadt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 months: that’s just about enough time to build a
straightforward house. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>Note: Many of the people who lived in this house left no public history. William Heiderstadt grew up on a farm in Nebraska. He was about 40 when he bought this house. He and his wife lived in Bennington for 15 years before moving to New York to run a dairy farm. He died in 1947.</i></div>
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22 and 7 at Stewarts' in Hoosick is a landmark: we all recognize. It was a real school from 1842 until 1917. While
the name refers to its grey stone walls, the roof is what I notice: how the
ends curve out over the walls at the eaves. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Eaves are useful. They make shade in summer. They deflect
the wind in winter. They shed snow and water away from the walls and
foundation, helping to keep the structure dry. Most eaves are simply extensions
of the roof. They don’t usually swoop out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a simple one room school house with only a cast iron
stove for heat. Why the fancy eaves?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The school was built in a time when there were no electric
fixtures to switch on for light on winter afternoons or cloudy days. Sunlight
was essential so the windows on both sides were big. Set high on the walls they
let light flood over the students onto their work. Because they were near the
top of the walls the lintel above the windows did not need to hold up many rows
of stone. This is good: stone is heavy. To see the problem look at the wood
lintel over the school house door that faces Stewarts: it has bent under the
weight of the stone above it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The windows were in the right location, but eaves at the
ordinary angle would have shaded the windows and blocked the light. The curve
set the eaves above the windows, letting in the light, while allowing the eaves
to work, sending rain, snow, and ice away, providing shade and wind protection,
and - an extra bonus! - giving the school a welcoming air.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The school was built in 1842 by John Grant, an Irish stone
mason, hired by Sarah Bleeker Tibbits. She wanted a school for the children of
her tenant farmers. The Tibbets lived in Troy. Their summer place, their ‘country
seat’, included what is today the Hoosac School and the Tibbits State Park. Sarah’s
husband, George M. Tibbits, helped establish the Walter A. Wood Mowing and
Reaping Co. in Hoosick Falls. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>The quilt poster hung between the windows is a Hoosick wide project. Colorful oversized quilt blocks are all over town, well placed to surprise and delight.</i><br />
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First: Jim Dunigan
corrected the history of the property transfers at 353 Elm Street, Bennington.
His mother, Hazel Dunigan, was the wife of William Gokey, who built the house,
not his daughter as I had written. Mr.
Gokey died within the first year of their marriage. Hazel inherited the house
and later married Raymond Dunigan. Her son remembers playing in the house as a
small child. He told me his mother was a dietitian at the hospital and ran a
tea room called the White Elephant in the old stone blacksmith shop on South
St. which is now the Welcome Center. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Second: More about the supervisor housing on Rte 346 in
North Pownal: Charles Kokoras was the builder. He emigrated from Greece as a
child with his family. As the oldest son he went to work at 16 in Peabody, MA.
When Michael Flynn bought the N. Pownal mill, he sent Charles to the factory to
turn it into a tannery. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Kokoras became the maintenance supervisor at the tannery. He
used the tannery maintenance crew to build the supervisors’ houses. Later on he
built the first North Pownal fire house and over the years served as fire
chief, constable, tax collector, and selectman for Pownal. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>My informant, who wished not to be named, told me Charles Kokoras liked revising the plans of the houses as he built them. His daughter lived in the one on the east end.</i><br />
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<i>The italicized notes are additions to the original column. I also rewrote some sentence structure. </i></div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-49493384343982780752014-08-04T19:24:00.000-07:002014-09-04T08:25:00.768-07:00A Sheltering Roof, 353 Elm Street, Bennington<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuCG93T7q2tN866gwIoFZ88MGX5z60DbyQLw3_shCU0CeDBF2Ue0A3E_57KiDiwiKRDZCmEhh8bPvYYH2edsVaLcBbEwLvD7o0-XBl1q8z6YV2gbgsyRIZ9mfyhZLhFMUkDWtChZa-NIA/s1600/100_3676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuCG93T7q2tN866gwIoFZ88MGX5z60DbyQLw3_shCU0CeDBF2Ue0A3E_57KiDiwiKRDZCmEhh8bPvYYH2edsVaLcBbEwLvD7o0-XBl1q8z6YV2gbgsyRIZ9mfyhZLhFMUkDWtChZa-NIA/s1600/100_3676.JPG" height="267" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 4, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This picture was taken on July 5th.The date is important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here you see how the roof extends, creating eaves that shade the windows of this house from the hot July sun.
In the summer, the sun here in New England is high in the sky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A 16" deep overhang will shade about 5' of the wall below it. Here you can see that the roof over the first floor extends the farthest, casting a longer shadow than the roof above whose shadow covers little more than half the second floor windows. The sun porch on the right side also has shallow eaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Later in the summer, the sun will be lower in the sky. The eaves will not cast as deep a shadow. But the tree will. Its shade will include the front of the house.
In the winter months, when the sun is at a much lower angle, the eaves will not block the welcome sunshine and heat. Nor will the tree: it will have lost its leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The porch may have been all screens when it was built. It was set on the northeast side of the house and held back from the front corner to allow the house to protect it from the afternoon sun. Porches like this one have often been glassed in by later owners as they are delightful places on sunny late fall and early spring mornings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In 1925, the house lot was sold to William L Gokay for $3600.00 by Charles and Elijah Dewey, descendants of Bennington’s first minister, Jedediah Dewey. It was part of the minister’s plot when Bennington was laid out in 1761. However, in the deed the land is referred to as the ‘Swift Farm’. The Swifts were descendants of Bennington’s second minister, Job Swift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> William Gokay was a local druggist, active in the Bennington Board of Trade and the Civic League. The June 5, 1914, Bennington Evening Banner reports that he is on the committee planning the Town’s 4th of July celebration. He was 47 years old when his house was built.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The style is called Colonial Revival, mostly because the house at first glance resembles houses built when Bennington was founded: a simple white box with a center entrance and balanced windows on each side. Really the house is wonderfully eclectic: the triple and double windows were not ‘Colonial’ but modern in the ‘20’s. The deep roof overhangs reminiscent of thatch along with the small windows over the entrance are a nod toward the Cotswold cottages of rural England. The clipped roof on the gable end is referred to as a 'jerkin head' after a monk's cowl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since this picture was taken the balustrade on the roof over the
sun porch has been rebuilt to the specification of the original blue prints.
The rail adds excellent scale and finish to the house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1935, Wm. Gokay died. His wife, Hazel inherited the house. She was remarried to Raymond Dunigan, manager for one of the A&Ps. Christopher and
Margaret Buckley bought the house in 1941. They owned the General Stark
Theater. Margaret Buckley lived here
until 1987.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the history of the General Stark Theater please talk to Ted
Bird!</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jim Dunigan, son of Hazel and Raymond Dunigan, called me the morning this was published in the Banner to tell me that Hazel was his mother, and had been the wife of Wm, Gokay, not his daughter. He also wanted to know if the house was well taken care of, remembering living there as a small child. It is.</i></span></div>
Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-15220534800797043502014-07-02T14:08:00.000-07:002014-07-04T05:51:18.392-07:00Cupolas and Belvederes, Park-McCullough House and Carriage Barn, N. Bennington<div class="MsoNormal">
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We in farming country know that cupolas on barns are for cooling.
Hay can get hot, hot enough to make a fire. But we know the physics: hot air
rises. A cupola has vents that let that heat escape, cooling the hay and protecting
the barn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So we understand why the Park-McCullough Carriage Barn has a
cupola, and enjoy its tour d’force of angular roof and arched vents topped by
an ornate finial and weather vane. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What about the tower atop the Park-McCullough House? The
family called it the Observatory. When
the House was built, in 1864, the vista from the tower would have included
Paran Creek, Bingham and Whipstock Hills, Mount Anthony and the surrounding
mountains. Today as the trees have grown up the view is less expansive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fashionable houses in downtown Bennington also had towers.
Just as farmers like to live close to their barns and fields, mill owners
wanted to be near their factories. The towers (often called ‘belvederes’,
Italian for ‘beautiful view’) allowed the mill owners to look out over their
mills, water traces and mill housing. 2 houses
on Main Street built by the owners of the Bradford Mill still have their
belvederes. Other houses in town still have the steep winding staircases which
gave access to the roof – but the belvederes themselves are gone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Belvederes did more than provide views. They were cupolas
for houses; they let out the heat and helped move the air. When I volunteered
at the Park-McCullough House, the Observatory windows were opened in season.
The Front Hall entrance had a screen door. We opened it along with the door
from the third floor to the tower, and voila! out the tower windows whooshed
the heat! Cooling breezes wafted
throughout the House. Natural air
conditioning!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before the 1890’s this breeze was especially important because
screening was not readily available. Open windows allowed bugs and mosquitoes to
visit. The breeze sent them on to someplace else. At night netting over beds gave protection.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Screens
did exist. In the 1850’s, Justin Smith Morril <span class="apple-converted-space">added them to his house</span> in Strafford Village, VT. His screens were painted because
the iron mesh rusted. Wire</span> was difficult to weave closely so the
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may have been for privacy rather than to keep out flying things. In 1876, a
patent was issued for a power loom which wove wire screening for the paper
industry to Mr. Wickwire of Cortlandt, NY. The amount of screening produced in the US
increased exponentially in the next 20 years</span>. By 1900, screened windows
were everywhere. The Park-McCullough House screened in the southwest end of the
porch, where the visitors entrance is now, as well as the windows. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Electric fans for homes became readily available after
WWI. By 1950 air conditioning was an
option. Cupolas for houses were
relegated to decoration on garage roofs.
No one built belvederes. While many houses had, and still have, a path
to let cool air in and let the heat out – a door or window in the basement, a
door or hatch into the attic, and an attic window that can be opened in season
- many people forgot that houses, as well as barns, could be cooled by applying
simple physics. Observatories, belvederes, were considered fads from an earlier
era. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>The Justin Smith Morril House, home of one of Vermont's US Senators, in Stratford Village, VT, is an historic site, open to the public in season.</i><br />
<i>The famous screens of Baltimore were painted for privacy. </i><br />
<i>Sieves and food covers had long been made of woven wire with a fine enough weave for flies but not mosquitoes.</i><br />
<i>I do enjoy Mr Wickwire's name and his wire weaving patent - seems just right: did he dream of wire and wicks as a child? </i><br />
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<i>The belvedere is not a 'widows walk' which is a platform at the top of a house for looking out to sea, to the horizon, to watch a ship departing or coming back to port. </i><br />
<i>In the Adirondacks and along the Mohawk River/Erie Canal such observatories are sometimes known as 'widows walks', probably because many of the settlers in that part of NY migrated from the seacoast. </i></div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-9787763296028872932014-06-03T07:51:00.000-07:002014-06-03T09:05:52.737-07:00Supervisor Housing, Rte. 346, North Pownal<div class="MsoNormal">
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This house is not what I expected to see on Rte. 346. <o:p></o:p></div>
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North Pownal is a village with farmsteads, mill houses and folk
Victorians. And here right in the middle
between the 2 churches, are 5 houses that belong not on a rural road through a
small town but in a 1920’s suburban neighborhood. The square, 2 story,
comfortable houses look out to the road across broad front yards sheltered by
tall trees. But where are their suburban picket fences and sidewalks? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Plunkett & Baker Co. Cotton Mill and dam were
constructed in 1866, on the Hoosick River in N. Pownal. Mill housing for the
workers was built in walking distance to the mill. <o:p></o:p></div>
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By 1911, the factory was owned by the Greylock Mill of N.
Adams, MA. Then it was sold to the Berkshire Fine Spinning Mill. In the 1920’s,
Berkshire built these 5 houses here on Rte. 346 for its supervisors, the
foremen and superintendent. <o:p></o:p></div>
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1920’s, middle class Americans expected their homes to have electricity, hot
and cold running water, and central heat. Good public transportation was
available and many families owned an automobile. These houses reflect<span style="color: red;"> </span>that prosperity. They have a sense of well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In 1935 the mill closed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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1938, the factory became a tannery, owned by Michael Flynn of Salem, MA. Here hides were prepared for his shoe factory.
Tanning is a toxic process. When the mill was closed in 1988 the land and river
were contaminated. The mill itself was taken down, the holding lagoon cleaned
and filled in, and the river restored. What remained was the mill village at
the dam and these 5 houses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the shutters with cutouts on the upper panels are vintage 1920’s. The usual cutout
shapes were pine trees, crescent moons, sail boats. Here with a nod to the rural setting they are cheerful
chickens! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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those brackets along the front porch roof line – hefty gingerbread – are surely
someone’s unique creation. The ones I know from the ‘20’s are Colonial Revival,
simple round curves. Here they are updated Victorian corbels, one arc morphing
into another, with lacy cut outs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the roof line: The favorite house style between the Wars was a Colonial Revival
box, often with a fake eave line added on the end wall - just about like this -
so that the house looked like a cape with a shed dormer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the eave was set at a steeper angle than a cape eave would have been. That
steep roof, called ‘Period’, was inspired by medieval English Cotswold
cottages, or maybe French farm houses. It is supposed to feel quaint, as if it
comes from a story book. What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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both sides are the same basic design with different roofs and a few other
changes for the sake of variety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Berkshire Fine Spinning Mill chain did not fail
completely after it closed the N. Pownal mill. It eventually morphed, after
WWII, into Warren Buffet’s Berkshire-Hathaway.<br />
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-43091380126983945512014-05-14T20:02:00.000-07:002014-06-22T22:04:51.133-07:00Fanlights, Main Street, Bennington, VT<div class="MsoNormal">
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Fanlight – an old fashioned name for a half-round window. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the early 1800’s everyone would have recognized the
references in the name: the shape like an open fan, the bars that held the
glass like the ribs of a fan. The word ‘light’ referred to the glass itself. Like
a lady’s fan, a fanlight was both useful and highly decorative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are many in the Bennington area, few exactly alike. I
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The early ones were placed over the front door. If the ceiling
was not high enough in the front hall to allow space above the door for a
window, the fan was solid. When the Old First Church with its many rounded windows
and fanlight was completed in 1805, its carver, Asa Hyde settled in town. He
probably made many of the fanlights we see today in the early 19<sup>th</sup>
c. houses. It is likely that he also had apprentices.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By 1830, Main Street
in downtown Bennington was lined with substantial houses. The foundry on the
east end of Main Street (Rte 9) at the Woodford line produced cast iron
stoves. Mills were locating along the river.
The town prospered. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Greek Revival was the fashionable new style. The crisp half
round shape used at the Old First Church and inspired by Rome gave way to
softer, Grecian, ellipses and ovals. The gable end of the house was turned to
face the street to resemble a Greek temple. That triangle in the gable up under
the roof was just the right place not only for a window to light the attic, but
for something decorative – a fanlight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fanlights in the photograph are in houses on Main St.
between Valentine and Safford St. I don’t know who the owners were; their names
are not listed on the Hinsdill map. I
admire their pride in their homes, and am glad they were willing to spend their
money on conspicuous consumption, fanlights, which still delight me today.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The engraving is from Plate 38 of Asher Benjamin’s very
popular pattern book of the time, <u>The American Builder’s Companion</u>. Asher
Benjamin published manuals for carpenters from 1797 and 1843; we know at least
one copy was in Bennington. Our
carpenters – ‘joiners’ - probably knew this book as our fanlights are quite similar
to the illustration. Our shapes sometimes are a little awkward, neither ovals
nor ellipses nor half circles but the tracery is delicate, light. The lens
shapes which hold the ribs together are graceful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Two things to notice: how the slender ribs are reinforced
along their length and how they are gathered at the center. First, the ribs
need to be stable to hold the glass. The bands between them strengthen them but
look like delicate chains. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Secondly, the ribs come together in the center. They could
look like a glop of sticks – too many trying fit in the same place. How the
joiner solves the problem is fun to watch. A small semi-circle is the simplest
choice; sometimes there is a second band which halves the number of ribs.
Occasionally a star fills the center. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Bennington Free Library has Dover reprints of Asher
Benjamin’s books in the reference room. See the drawings the joiners and owners
shared, then walk along Main Street and look up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-85126569403912770402014-04-09T06:43:00.001-07:002022-11-11T13:49:39.172-08:00The Storehouse, 210 Buck Hill Road, Shaftsbury, VT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This house is wary about you. It is set back from the road, quite a
distance, on a rise, so it looks down at you, or you look up at it. Yes, it has
door in the middle, flanked by windows on each side and one above. Clearly
that’s the place to go in. Still, especially
when you imagine this modern door with its fan light replaced by the original
plank one, you don’t sense that door saying, “Please come visit!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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window on the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor. The right side is hardly better – more
windows, but still that stone wall around the whole first floor, solid, no
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When I first passed by, I thought it was just an early stone
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settlers from Dover Plains, NY. The lack
of windows? Well, glass for window panes would have come by boat up the Hoosick
and Walloomsac Rivers, then up to Buck Hill Road by wagon. Glass would have
been expensive and hardly a priority for people who needed to provide food for
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Herbert Wheaton Congdon, in his ‘Old Vermont Houses’, published
in1946, wrote that Parker Cole built this building in 1770, as a farm house;
that it was used as a storehouse during the American Revolution. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today we think it was intended to be a storehouse from the
beginning, similar to the one which was in Old Bennington, where the Monument
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This house has no full basement, a necessary space for
winter food storage for families in 1770. It was built without a chimney, so
the building was not intended to be warm in winter. Its framing is more solid
than would be needed for a dwelling. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Was it a barn? No. Our early barns had a lower level facing
south into the sunshine to give farm animals warmth in the winter, shade in the
summer. There is no lower level here. <o:p></o:p></div>
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early barns in this area faced north, opening onto the level above the animals
so that loading hay into a barn mid-summer could be done in the shade and the
hay stored just above where it is needed.
Wagon doors were also close to the road making for a short trip from the
hay fields. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The wagon door here faces south around on the back and opens
onto the main floor. It is out of sight, away from the road, allowing
inconspicuous, stealthy, delivery of food, hay, guns, ammunition.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This was a storehouse for munitions, built in anticipation
of war with England. It was set on the rise of the hill, aware of its
surroundings, to allow those inside to inspect anyone who approached. It was,
and is today, wary of you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The storehouse has been a home for the Howard family since about
1850. Over the years as stewards they have seen most of the original frame. I
thank them for their care of the storehouse and for sharing what they
know. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I like to drive past this house. Often I come by Scott Street and turn at Maple
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Its records are sparce. Since it appears on the 1893 map, it
probably was built in the late 1880’s for an extended family. But I can find no
name. Parents and children often built joined houses for themselves in the
period before WWI. Maybe this family was connected with the Lasher Hosiery
Mill then located across the street where Eveready Battery is today. *<i>See correction below.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Why do I like it? First, because it is well designed, and
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It is a double house not too big for its narrow lot, aware
of the weather, with inviting spaces. And it has style. The house stretches out
along Gage Street, with a bay window on the Maple Street end. The central tall
wing with its long windows faces the street and the sun. The roof behind the wing swoops down around
it on both sides to shelter the house and the long porches. The street is
close, so are the neighbors. So the porches are places to linger and observe,
to welcome visitors, but also to provide privacy for the living spaces behind
them. They encourage socializing in good weather, provide shelter in bad. The long windows in the center wing are set too
high for us to peer in. They give privacy while allowing the winter sun to
shine deep into the house. And that tree, right there in the middle? In summer
it shades the windows and blocks the hot sun. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Shouldn’t that be enough for a house to do? It is graceful in its location, easy to live
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But look again: whoever built this was having fun. On the
left side the roof is interrupted by an 8 sided tower with a double curved roof
and sheathed with double curved, ‘fish tailed’ shingles! On the right end of the roof are 2 generous
dormers with narrow slit windows in their peaks. The house is asymmetrical, something the
Victorians loved. But it is balanced:
the central wing anchors the house firmly to the ground with a solid wall at
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then shingles followed by clapboard. The 6 windows above are paired, framed,
topped by a frieze with corbels, then fancy cut shingles. Above in the gable
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The Victorians loved pattern. They had invented the machines
to make all this. It pleased the eye, it was fun, it showed off their success. Every
wall deserved its own fillip, even the one that faced the back yard. Here that
wall boasts a large wooden flower medallion. You can see it from Maple
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The house would not have been painted white. All that pattern
would have highlighted by 3 or 4 contrasting colors.<o:p></o:p><br />
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William Bull, Bennington’s own high style Victorian
architect, may have designed this. He loved to play like this. Take a look at
the Graves Mansion he designed on the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. It
has the same exuberant flourishing. But
we have no record that connects Bull to the Gage Street house.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The house next door, smaller but similar in design, is now
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*Correction: The 322-324 Gage Street duplex was built by Henry W. Putnam. A newspaper article in 1888 notes his plans to build several cottages on Gage Street, now # 304, 311, 315, 316, 318-320, and 322-324.</div>
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<o:p></o:p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548236352089020081.post-67575425577153424372014-02-04T15:05:00.000-08:002014-02-04T15:19:59.015-08:00The J. Myers House, Burrington Road, Pownal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Burrington Road branches off Rte 7 just south of Pownal
Center. It was once the main road to Williamstown.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you traveled this road in 1840, you would come on foot,
or by horse, in a wagon or carriage at about 5 mph. There would have been
plenty of time to be awed by the panorama of the Hoosick River and the Taconic
Mountains, and to admire this house: graceful and settled on the land, in tune
with its surroundings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today we rush past. But on this quiet road, I often slow
down and enjoy how the house was deliberately sited to face and greet whoever
passes by.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The style of the house is Greek Revival. Placing the front
door on the end and facing that end to the road, adding wide corner boards,
makes this a ‘Temple House’ - meant to resemble a Greek temple. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When this house was built, about 1840, we Americans were
bored of Colonial, or Georgian, houses a style we had favored for more than 150
years. We were, after all, no longer an English colony. We championed Greece in
its fight for independence. Archaeologists digging there sent back reports and engravings of classic
Greek ruins. Copying Greek forms was interesting and fashionable. Turning our
houses on end created a new look.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note, however, that this house also has a ‘front’ door on
the east side, the one a visitor would see coming from the other direction. It
tells me that the builder had not quite decided how to interpret the new style.
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The new Greek Revival look was made possible by new
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By the 1830’s we had the circular saw. The round saw blade,
known by the Dutch, had been improved originally to cut smoother clapboard and
shingles. Then the Shakers made it popular. The traditional saw mill ‘sash saw’
moved up and down. The cuts left a rough surface. A board to be used for finish
work required planing by hand. The action of the sash saw also jerked a narrow
board and broke it. The circular saw went around and around and didn’t snap off
a thin piece. Its teeth also left a smoother surface and made less saw dust. A saw
mill could produce many wide smooth boards, easily, cheaply. When we used them to
outline the corners of our houses, as corner boards, they looked like Greek columns.
When they outlined the triangle of the roof, they created a Greek pediment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This up-to-date Greek Revival house dwarfed the original
house, now the right hand wing. That house was small, only one room deep. In
its walk-out basement is a kitchen with a cooking fireplace and a bake oven.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whose house was it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The 1854 Beers Atlas map of Pownal says ‘J. Myers’. Probably
he was the second of 4 Joseph Myers recorded in Pownal archives. He would have
been the right age to enlarge the house. His grandson, James Hamilton Merchant,
signed his whole name on plaster in the basement. All the Joseph Myers’ were
farmers, one was also Town Treasurer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could not take a clear picture of this house from a
distance, to show how you come to it, how it sits in the landscape. I hope you
will drive past.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>Post Script - not part of the article published in the Banner: </i><br />
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<i>Here is the best photograph I managed to take on Burrington Road approaching the house. It gives the setting, but not the feel of the approach nor enough information about the architectural style.</i></div>
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