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Archives 1000.01.131

Mouns Jones House Floor Joists

Mouns Jones

The10 joists {1} that have supported the 2d floor of the 1716 Mouns Jones house for approximately the past half-century are not original to the building and are undersized, averaging 6" or less in vertical dimension. They were provided from a dismantled log house in northwestern Berks County in the late 1960s. The earlier joists, in place from the peri

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#1: first few courses of partially re-constructed wall;
Archives 1008.01.075

Sites and Structures Report November 2017

Sites and Structures Reports ยท November 2017

HPTSSR November, 2017 1. Mouns Jones House: A. Wall restoration; mortar selection: Re-laying of the failing masonry pier south of the re-centered doorway began this month [first few courses, Image #1, photo 13, 11/7/17] and then was suspended because of weather too cold for reliable curing of new mortar. The masonry technique includes bond-stones transve

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