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Door sill and restored jamb feet from inside lower ground level kitchen. Un-pointed masonry along right edge of photo is the restored vault abutment, which is also the partition wall between the kitchen and root cellar. Repointing was completed in the Spring of 2010. The red jack and steel post were used to level the steel I-beam supporting the structu
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Exterior detail of south replacement jamb in kitchen doorway. The original stone sill, moved north 2-3 inches from its original position to accommodate the replacement door jambs, now extends 8.5 inches south [toward the upper left corner of this photo] from this jamb, terminating under the restored south door-abutment pier [masonry corner in upper-center
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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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