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Detail of replacement kitchen doorway lintel and jamb. The northern replacement outlooker{1} was fabricated to project from the wall plane at an elevation one inch higher than the outlooker remnant appearing in the upper right corner of this photo, in order to level the two restored outlookers{2}. The recycled white oak frame is anchored in the traditi
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Detail of north replacement jamb in east kitchen doorway. The stone sill, moved 2-3 inches to the north during restoration, now extends 5.5 inches north from the jamb under the restored pier north of the doorway and about 8.5 inches south of the south jamb. The replacement jambs are anchored into the original stone sill through traditional method of drivi
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The water level [“table”] evident in this photo [12/09/09] is two inches above the original stone sill, a typical level after several inches of rainfall, which occurs several times each year or more frequently [as in 2009]. This varying frequency of inundation has historically been sufficient to subject the jambs and door to destructive fungus-rot [see photo
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