John Graves wrote:

> The house was re-sided several years ago.  If you look at the
> clapboards, you will see a bead detail on the edge, which was duplicated
> in the new siding.  In the first floor they have the ceiling open to the
> joists.  All the joists in the main room are beaded as well.
> Can you imagine 14 people living in that house...I guess that was one
> way to keep the house heated.  That big central fireplace was the other.

I <groan>shutter</groan> to think of reglazing 12-over-12 windows...

Stephen Moore
(with a place only half that old)

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