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Brick Color

The remaining old brickwork of the house, i.e., the old brickwork of the two west chimneys, was covered with gray paint when the restoration of the building was started. This gray color was left on the old brickwork whereas the new bases and tops of the chimneys were left unpainted.

The new brickwork varies considerably in color. The color ranges from a light salmon to a deep salmon buff. There are a few dark 20 toned and completely glazed headers. No rubbed brick have been used on the house.

Brick Sizes

The diagrams below give the average sizes of the brick found, first, in the old parts of the west chimneys and second, in the new masonry of the foundation walls. The sizes shown were obtained from measurements made on the job and in each case they are a summary of several measurements made at different points.

Drawings of Old & New Brick Sizes

Foundations

The foundations are new throughout. The old foundations (see archaeological drawing, p. 6 and photo, p. 7) were in such poor condition that it was considered unwise to attempt to retain them.

The new foundation walls of the house proper are of concrete below grade and of reproduced brick above. The concrete walls rest on concrete footings. The porch foundations are of brick below as well as above ground, and they are without footings.

The bond of the house foundations is partly English and partly Flemish. To aid in making it appear that the east or "shop" portion of the house is the older part, its foundations (on the south, east and north elevations) have been laid in English bond, the type generally used in the older colonial foundations. Under the remainder of the front elevation and on the west side elevation, from the southwest corner to the south chimney, Flemish bond, a type which, when used in foundations, generally represents later colonial brickwork, has been used. There are, it seems, however, certain inconsistencies in the use of the two types of foundation brickwork to express differences in age in the several parts of the house, for English bond (again, the older type) was used on the north elevation under the northwest portion of the house, which is believed to be later. English bond was also used under the west closet leanto, which is either the same age as the west wall (which is partly Flemish bond) or later. To be consistent these later features should have had foundation walls in Flemish bond.

Chimneys

Two free-standing chimneys, the pair on the west side of the house, were in existence when the restoration of the house was begun. 22 The foundation of a third chimney (on the east side) was likewise found but the chimney itself was no longer in place. (See photo, p. 7).

The west chimneys were in large part old though their upper portions had been rebuilt, probably at the time the house was altered from a 1½-story to a 2-story building. (See photographs and description of west chimneys as they existed prior to the restoration of the house, pp. 14 and 15). These chimneys were restored, the upper part of the shafts and the caps being rebuilt in accordance with the spirit of 18th century chimney design. The chimney cap of the north chimney, the smaller of the two, consists only of three projecting courses of brickwork, a chimney cap design which was found on a chimney of Wynne, a house in the vicinity of Carter's Grove in James City County. The cap of the south chimney is more elaborate in its design, having three projecting bands of brickwork, of which the third or top band is made up of a double brick course. A sloping cement wash above this terminates in a final single-course band which lines up with the brickwork of the chimney shaft. The design of this chimney shaft follows closely that of the chimney of the small building known as "Casey's Gift" which once stood in Williamsburg. ONE-HALF OF WEST ELEVATION OF RECONSTRUCTED CAP OF SOUTH CHIMNEY OF WEST SIDE. THIS FOLLOWS DESIGN OF CASEY'S GIFT CHIMNEY CAP.
Drawing of Chimney Cap

Before closing the subjects on the west chimneys it should be noted that though they are preponderantly of old brickwork which was not taken down and relaid, they were nevertheless raised bodily about 1'-6". They were underpinned, raised and placed upon new brick foundations. This was done in 22a Paired chimneys of the type found in the Alexander Craig House are fairly common in old Virginia houses. The photo at the left (the Pendleton House, Caroline County) shows such a "brace" of chimneys, with a wood leanto between.
Photograph of the Pendleton House The drawing below shows the plan and side elevation of a house near Locust Grove, King and Queen County, which has a brace of chimneys consisting, like the Alexander Craig example, of one larger and one smaller stack. The closet leanto, unlike that of the Craig house, is of brick in this case.
Drawing of House Near Locust Grove 23 consequence of the raising of the level of Duke of Gloucester Street about 1½ feet at this eastern and in order to bring it to its former colonial level. The entire house, in fact, was raised in order to restore the floors to what was believed to have been their colonial level and the chimneys were necessarily raised at the same time so that the fireplace hearths would be level with the floors. The present height of the first floor is approximately 2'-4½" above the restored colonial grade. One less fortunate consequence of the raising of the floor levels is the elevation of the front cornice of the Alexander Craig House above that of the Scrivener House, which nearly touches it on the east. The floor levels of the Scrivener House were not raised as were those of the Alexander Craig House.

The east chimney, a T-shaped chimney built within the east wall of the house, is, in its entirety, reconstructed. It serves a corner fireplace in the northeast corner of the southeast room of the first floor and a similar though smaller corner fireplace in the bedroom directly above, and it also houses the boiler flue. It is located on the site of the old east chimney foundation which still existed when the reconstruction of the house was begun. (See photo of old basement foundations, p.7 and plan of excavated foundations, p.6.)

The necessity of caring for three flues would not in itself have justified the use of the T shape, since these could have been incorporated in a rectangular stack. The stack was given its T shape (a 17th century chimney form which persisted into the next century) to emphasize the fact that the east portion of the house was originally older than the west portion.

The chimney cap (see illustration on next page) has beneath its double projecting band an interesting feature, viz., a course of 24 CAP OF T-SHAPED CHIMNEY OF ALEXANDER CRAIG HOUSE SHOWING BRICK COURSE LAID IN "DOG-TOOTH" PATTERN (BRICK "COGGING").
Drawing of Craig House Chimney brick laid diagonally, which lends vivacity to the cap through its pattern of alternating rectangles of light and shadow. This motif is known as a "dog-tooth" pattern or "cogging"^* brick, as it was called in the 18th century. An old Virginia chimney the cap of which has cogged brickwork is a chimney of Warburton Place in James City County. In this case there are two rows of cogging beneath a triple-coursed projecting band of brickwork.

Brick Paving

The rather extensive areas of old brick paving which were uncovered on the Alexander Craig plot in the course of the excavations conducted there have already been discussed—see text, pp. 5 and 11, archaeological plan, p.6 and photo, p.8. None of this old brick paving has been retained.

Aside from fireplace hearths, no brick paving has been used inside of the reconstructed house. A large service area directly behind the 25 house has, however, been paved with reproduced colonial brick in "basket" pattern and in the garden areas at the west and north (rear) of the house a network of brick walks has been laid in running bond. The central walk of the series at the back leads directly from the service area to the gravel-covered stable yard at the rear of the lot. For the layout of the paved areas on the Alexander Craig plot the reader should consult landscape drawing, L3.

Brick Ground-level Gutters

Remnants of brick ground-level gutters or drips were found along the north foundation wall of the house between the center line of the building and the northeast corner. It was assumed from this that the house, like several others in Williamsburg, had these surface gutters adjacent to the foundation walls to receive the rain water from the roof. Such drains prevent the water from pitting the ground surface next to the building and seeping down into the foundations and thence into the basement. Surface gutters of this type have, therefore, been placed about the Alexander Craig House at the points where they are needed, viz., on the north and south sides beneath the eaves. These gutters are necessarily interrupted at the points where stoops and the bulkhead occur. At each side of the house the gutters are pitched toward drains, through which the rain water is carried into gutter drain piping emptying into the house sewer.

Brick Hearths

See mantel schedules for a description of the hearths.

The old wood frame

Among the progress photographs made during the course of the demolition of the existing house are several views showing the framing 27 OLD NORTH WALL FRAMING OF SOUTHWEST ROOM SHOWING CLEAVAGE IN STUDDING WHICH INDICATED TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF CONSTRUCTION. of the first floor. (This timberwork, by the way, was considered insecure, and it was therefore replaced by new framing.) A study of the old framing revealed certain important facts which, in general, supported the thesis derived from a study of the foundations that the building was built at different periods, and it also aided in establishing the locations of the openings of the 18th century structure. One view (progress photo N6598) a photo made in the hallway, clearly shows a joint between the framing of what the foundation evidence indicated at the old east portion and the addition to the west. Progress photo N6597 (shown above) reveals a distinct cleavage in the vertical framing of the north wall of the southwest room. Another photo (see next page), a view of the west wall of the same room, bears witness to the fact that there were no windows in that room (the studding is unbroken by notches which if they existed, would signify that the horizontal members of the window framer had at one time been inserted in the wall.) Progress photo N6601 (see next page), a shot of the southeast 28 OLD WEST WALL OF SOUTHWEST ROOM BEFORE ITS DEMOLITION. NO NOTCHES, SUCH AS THOSE WHICH WOULD BE LEFT AFTER THE REMOVAL OF WINDOWS, ARE VISIBLE IN THE STUDDING, INDICATING THAT THIS WALL NEVER HAD ANY OPENINGS IN IT. OLD FRAMING OF SOUTHEAST ROOM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. NOTCH, INDICATED BY ARROW, GAVE CLUE TO LOCATION OF OLD SHOP DOOR. 29 room, shows at the upper right a notch in a stud which once received the door head. The framing of the east wall offered proof, since no notching was discovered, that no window existed in that wall in the 18th century (the east window shown in the picture was a late intruder).

The walls as reconstructed

The walls of the reconstructed house, both exterior and interior, are new throughout, as was stated above. Since the framework is wholly concealed, present-day framing methods have been used in their reconstruction. Except for certain sheathed walls, which are discussed in the section of the report dealing with the details of the interior, the interior walls and the inside faces of the exterior walls are plastered in the modern manner, using three costs of commercial plaster over metal lath.

The outside faces of the exterior walls, as has been remarked, are covered for the most part with beaded weatherboarding of heart cypress. The weatherboards have been given an exposure of from 5-¾" to 6". The boards are face-nailed with hammered-headed wrought iron nails. The bead at the bottom of these boards which are at the window sill level, have been made to line up with the beaded lower edge of the sills.

The one-time shop front (the east part of the south facade) has been rendered distinct from the remainder of the street face of the house by being covered with random-width, flush, beaded boarding, applied horizontally. There was a good basis for this, since the remodeled two-story house at the time (sometime after 1900) when the photo on p. 1 of this report was taken, had similar flush boarding on the front face of the shop portion. It was assumed that this disparity in the treatment of the two parts of the front facade of the building had also obtained in colonial times and had been maintained down through the 19th century.

Main cornice, street facade

The main cornice (south front) consists of two elements, viz., that part (roughly two-thirds of the front elevation) which is found on the house proper, and the remainder which runs along the eaves of the roof over the shop portion. Again, to aid in making it appear that the shop was built at a different period from the part of the building to the west of it, the shop cornice has been given modillion blocks, while the remainder of the front facade has none. Actually, no clue to what the 18th century cornice was could be gained from an examination of the photo of the two story house (p.1) or from a study of the documents relating to the property.

House cornice

The cornice of the house proper was designed, therefore, as a typical 18th century modillionless cornice, which has been used on many restored and reconstructed buildings in Williamsburg. It consists of a crown mold, fascia, projecting soffit and a base mold superimposed upon a fascia which overlaps the top weatherboard. It is similar to such old examples found in Williamsburg as the main cornice of the Travis House and the front and rear cornices of Casey's Gift (now demolished).

Shop cornice

The cornice of the shop is, except in the respect that block modillions are fixed to the overhanging soffit, similar to the neighboring "plain" cornice. The sequence of molding is, except for the inclusion of the blocks, much the same in both cases. The modillions are simple rectangular blocks of wood surmounted by a cyma reversa or ogee molding. The blocks are spaced about 1'-1 3/8" on centers. Old modillion cornices which may be considered precedent for that of the Alexander Craig House are the front and rear cornices of the Lightfoot House in Williamsburg and the main cornice of Wales, Dinwiddie County.

Cornice end board

Cornice end board, main cornice, south front

The cornice of the shop and that of the house proper are separated from each other by a cornice end board similar to the cornice stops used at either end of the south façade of the building. These cornice end boards (illustrated at left) have no direct precedent. The main curve is, in a general way, similar to that of the old end board at the southwest corner of the Travis House in Williamsburg. The other 32 details of which the cornice stop is composed are taken from cornice end boards found in the Virginia Tidewater area. It is likely that no single old cornice stop could be found which would be exactly like this one. In fact it is probable that such features were varied endlessly in the 18th century and that no two were designed precisely alike.

Rear cornice and cornice end board

The rear cornice is modillionless and it is similar to the modillionless cornice of the main front except that it is a somewhat reduced version of the latter. The soffit of the rear cornice, in particular, has a much smaller projection than that of the main cornice. The cornice end board is also much simpler than that of the south cornice and follows much more closely the profile of its cornice than does the example on the front.

Corner boards

The corner boards, which act as stops for the weatherboarding, are of the single-faced type, with their narrow sides placed at the ends of the house. All of them are 1¼" thick and they all have a ½" bead at the exposed corner. The boards are 3½" wide on all corners of the house except the southeast (shop) corner, where the corner board, which receives both the flush boarding of the shop front and the weatherboarding of the east face of the shop, is 5½" wide.

One additional corner board has been applied to the north front, viz., the "vestigial" corner board which has been placed at the junction of the shop front with the main face of the house proper. A stop was necessary here to effect a transition between the two different types of facing boards. This vestigial corner board is of the 33 same type and size as the end board of the southeast corner of the shop. This feature, again, serves to suggest that the oldest part of the building, the shop, at one time terminated at this point. Logically enough, it is beaded on one edge only and this edge has been turned toward the west (the west corner of the shop when this existed alone.)

Rakeboards

The rake- or barge boards, which on the gable ends of the house follow the slope of the roof and, overlapping the weatherboards, serve to effect a transition between the latter and the roof covering, are flat boards, beaded on the lower edge. On the steeper slope of the south side of the gable they start with a width at the bottom of about 5½" and move with a gradual taper toward the ridge. On the back (north) side they are about 5" wide at the base and also taper as they move upward, but the narrowing down of the boards is "slower" due to the fact that the length of the roof incline is so much greater at the rear.

The basis for the design of the roof

No documentary evidence was found to aid in the determination of the shape of the original roof. The roof which was placed on the house was given the shape which certain archaeological evidence and a consideration of the nature of 18th century roofs in the Tidewater Virginia area in general seemed to indicate as the most likely type. Francis Duke, in his archaeological report on the Alexander Craig (Vaiden) House site (August, 1941), presents a fair summary of the reasons which led the architects to give the roof the form which it has at present:

Second floor joists in the south half of the building were sawn off flush with the studs at their south ends, no doubt when the second floor wall was built. These joists at their north ends have their original projection beyond the plate of the center partition, originally the north exterior wall. [See photograph on next page.]

VIEW OF FRAMING OF OLD SECOND FLOOR JOISTS IN NORTH OR SHED PORTION OF BUILDING BEFORE ITS RECONSTRUCTION. THE PROJECTING ENDS OF THE JOISTS OF THE SOUTH PORTION ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE RECEIVED THE REAR CORNICE OF THE ORIGINAL 1½-STORY STRUCTURE AT THE TIME THIS WAS A ONE-ROOM-DEEP HOUSE.

Evidence for the slope of the original roof is scanty but appears definite. It is clear from the location of the chimneys that the earliest roof must have been of 'A' section rather than hipped (unless it was a gambrel, and there is no evidence that it was). When the north rooms were added, they may be presumed to have had a shed roof. (The only alternative would seem to be gables facing north; but this is highly improbable, for the chimneys are not located where they could have heated the gable rooms).

The probable height of the north cornice can be fixed with reasonable accuracy by the second-floor joists. The first slope tried for the shed roof was based on the assumption that it might have joined the north slope of the original front roof at a level just below the dormer sills. But it was found that such a slope for the shed roof would be of less than 13 degrees. Such slopes in the XVIII century were rarely less than 25 degrees. This system of construction is therefore highly improbably in itself.

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But there is ulterior evidence against also. The northwest chimney, which was of early brickwork up to a level just below the second floor, must have had somewhere above this level the usual sloping brick shoulders, which extended up to a small brick ridge on the house side, where the chimney came clear of the building. This brick ridge must always clear the flashing problem. But no matter how low the shoulders and brick ridge might have occurred, within the known limit, the roof line of the shed (as assumed above) would cut too low.

These two objections to the low slope of the shed roof are so strong as to seem conclusive. The likeliest alternative is that the rear slope was continuous from the early ridge to the new north cornice. This slope is of more than 27 degrees, and provides wider head-room inside, while dormer may still be used.

Roofs of this type are not uncommon. Some other examples are the Repiton and Moody houses (with front slope as for A roof), and the Prentis and Travis houses (with front slope as for Gambrel roof).

To this analysis of Mr. Duke's should be added the supposition that, when the north addition was made to the early one-room deep house, the entire rear part of the roof must have been rebuilt. This is likely since, with the ridge line centered on the longitudinal axis of the early building, the north slope would undoubtedly have been the same as the south. At present, as was remarked above, the rear slope is about 28° while the front slope is much steeper (ca. 50 ¾°).

Main Front Entrance Stoop

The three stone steps which are the main feature of the stoop have already been discussed at some length on pp. 25 and 26. It should be added that the steps are supported on brickwork, which is exposed to view at the sides of the stoop.

The stoop has a wrought iron railing at either side, the handrail of which is rounded at the top. This is 1-1/8" in width and about 7/16" in thickness. The rail is fastened against the weatherboarding of the house and descends the steps without turning, to be arrested at the bottom by a tapering newel with champfered sides, whose base is square in section—1-1/8" on each side. This newel is terminated at the top by a turned brass finial. Four additional balusters or posts aid in the support of each railing. These are flat bands of wrought iron, turned flatwise to the house front. These are ¾" on the flat side and 3/8" in thickness. Both the newels and the balusters are secured in place by being set in lead in 3" deep slots in the stone steps.

Wrought iron railings of this simple type are easily made by a blacksmith so that they were in frequent use in 18th century Virginia. The handrailing of the stone steps on the north side of the President's House of the College of William and Mary is an old example of the same general type as the reproduced handrail of the Alexander Craig House. The railing of the President's House is longer and slightly different in design (it turns at the bottom) but the elements of which it is composed are similar to those of the Craig railing.

Entrance Steps to Shop

These steps are of wood and are of simple design. They consist of three wood steps, the treads and risers of which are mortised and tenoned into 2" thick stringers at either side. The top edges and the outside lower edge of these stringers are provided with a ½" bead. A central carriage (a wood support with cut-outs to receive the treads and risers) aids in supporting the steps. The steps are open beneath the stringers.

Steps of this same character (though without risers) are to be seen in pictures of old houses in a collection of photographs taken during the Civil War. This collection may be consulted in the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Architecture.

Rear Hall Porch and Kitchen Porch

The covered porch at the rear entrance to the hall (see illustration), like the stoop at the front, is placed over the site of colonial foundations. The design of this porch was based upon that of other 18th century porches of Williamsburg and its vicinity.

NORTH FACE OF ALEXANDER CRAIG HOUSE SHOWING THE TWO REAR PORCHES

The kitchen porch, which was placed at the east side of the north front to serve the kitchen entrance, is, in all of its detailing, very much like the rear hall porch, so that the details of these two porches will be discussed together.

Both porches, as was indicated earlier (p.33), have shed roofs which continue the north slop of the main roof, though this continuity of surface is broken by a change of inclination. (The main roof slope is 28°, while that of the rear porches is about 19°).

The two porches (without the steps) are almost identical in size, both being about 6' wide and 5' deep. Both are supported by two columns and two half columns applied to the face of the building. These columns and half columns are turned above the railing level and taper toward the top. The railing-high bases of the columns are square in section.

Each porch has 6 steps (i.e., 6 risers). In the case of the rear hall porch these run straight down from the porch platform. The kitchen porch is turned sidewise, with 3 risers descending to an intermediate landing. Three risers at right angles to these lead from the landing to the ground.

The railings of the porches are, in detail, exactly alike. On the porch platforms these are supported by the square-sectioned bases of the columns and half columns. the handrail (see sketch on following page) is one-sided—that is, it has the normal molded profile which serves as a grip for the fingers on one side (the outside) only. This railing also descends the steps, to terminate in a square-sectioned newel with a molded top.

SECTION THROUGH HANDRAIL OF THE TWO REAR PORCHES.

In lieu of the balusters, the sections of both handrails which are on the porch platforms have "panels" of random-width beaded boarding. The top of these panels are mortised into the underside of the handrail and the bottom, which is 4" above the porch floor, has both edges beaded.

The rails which descend the steps are open, each having, below the handrail, two boards (about 6½" high and 1" thick) which are beaded top and bottom and which parallel the inclination of the handrail.

The porch platforms, of wood, are supported on brick foundations, while the steps are open beneath and rest on the paving of the kitchen court. The triangular sides of the roof "canopies" are faced with random-width beaded boarding and the transition between this boarding and the roof covering (round-butted asbestos-cement shingles) is effected by means of a tapering rakeboard, beaded at the bottom and cut at the lower end to follow the profile of the crown mold which runs across the north face of the porch at the eaves.

Precedent for the Detailing of the Rear Porches

Covered porches were a not infrequent adjunct of the 18th century houses in America. James Thacker, a traveller here, writing in 1778, speaks as follows of them:

There is a peculiar neatness in the appearance of their dwellings, having an airy piazza supported by pillers in front.

In his book, The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs (London, 1741), Batty Langley, a prolific writer of builders' handbooks, gives the primary reason for the construction of hoods and porches, such as those of the Alexander Craig House, at entrance doorways:

It also very often happens, that even when Frontispieces [doorways] may be finished with Pediments [hoods], that the Projection of the Pediment will not be sufficient to protect the Entrance from the Insults of Rains; therefore in such Cases, the Pediments must advance forward, and be sustain'd either by Trusses [brackets] ... or by Pilasters, or Columns ....

The most conspicuous feature of the two rear entrance porches, the turned columns, have ample precedent in 18th century Virginia houses. A local example, the columns of the western entrance porch on the south side of the Coke-Garrett House, is an excellent one to cite, since the two full columns and the two half columns applied against the weatherboarding of the house are very similar in character to the reconstructed columns of the Alexander Craig porches. The Coke-Garrett columns are square in section up to a point slightly above the handrail, which they receive. Above this point the columns are turned and they diminish in circumference toward the top where they terminate in simple caps similar to those of the Alexander Craig columns.

Among examples outside of Williamsburg of porches with turned columns having square bases are the following:

• Front porch of Viewmont, Albemarle County
• Front porch of Follen's House, near Cumberlanding on the Chickahominy.

The writers of this report have located no exact counterpart of the porch railing panels made up of random-width beaded boarding, but "filled in" railings were not uncommon in 18th century Virginia houses. An example, in which the "filling" consists of true panelling rather than boards fitted together is found in the "balustrade" of the gallery stairway of Abingdon Church near Gloucester Court House, Gloucester County.

OLD STAIR RAILING OF LEE HOUSE (NOW DEMOLISHED), AS SEEN FROM THE SECOND FLOOR LANDING.

There are plenty of precedent examples for the open type handrailing made of two beaded boards, separated from each other and from the handrail by open space, which descends the steps of either porch. An excellent local example is the one shown at the left—the old stair railing of the Lee House which formerly stood just east of the Scrivener House on Duke of Gloucester Street. The handrail of the Lee House stair, is, of course, different in profile from that of the Craig porch handrails.

The plastering of porch ceilings was a frequent practice in colonial building. An old porch with such a plastered ceiling is the above-mentioned west front porch of the Coke-Garrett House.

Glass Sizes

The sizes of the glass panes used in the windows of the Alexander Craig House are as follows:

Window Trim

Door Trim

The door trim, exterior and interior, corresponds to the window trim and consequently it will not be discussed in detail. Both the exterior and interior trim of the main front and rear entrance doors and of the kitchen entrance door are of the double-molded type used as interior trim for the windows. The interior trim of the shop "doors" is also double-molded, while the exterior trim is a simple band, beaded on the edge nearest the door opening. This is similar in general character to the exterior trim used on the windows. It should be stated here that the doors of the shop portion are false doors—that is, they are intended to present on the exterior the appearance of functioning doors, but actually they do not operate. On the interior a chairrail-height enclosed window stool gives 52 to the doors the appearance of window when viewed from the room side.

The trim of the interior doors is for the most part double-molded trim. In some cases—minor door openings, or on the inside of closets—simple, beaded block trim has been used.

Cornices (Interior)

The interior cornices of the Alexander Craig House are new but they are based upon antique Williamsburg cornices that are considered typical and worthy of duplication. The designers turned to the Brush-Everard House (S.W. 58 and N.W. rooms) and to the Barraud House, (living room) for their cornice model.

Drawing of Cornice

Cornices of wood were installed in the living room, dining room and first-floor hallway of the Alexander Craig House. The nature of the cornice with its crown mold and beaded backboard is shown on the detail drawing on this page.

In addition to the cornice, use was made of a 3" wood strip, beaded at top and bottom, to divide the wall of the front hall horizontally into three parts. This strip was placed at the level of the top of the doors and its use was not alone an aesthetic one since it also served for hanging pictures.

Archways in Hall

A fairly large, double-valve door serves as entry from the hall to the dining room. It is located beneath the stairway on the easterly wall. The doors are square headed, each with three molded panels. The doorway opening is framed by single molded trim, 1-7/8" in overall width. Above the doorway, the mold is made to form a segmental arch whose radius is 3'-3-¾". At the center of this arch there is a wood keystone on the hall side, fluted and applied to the flush boarding that occurs on this wall. An archway that duplicates the arched trim of the doorway to the dining room also occurs between the front and rear hallway.

MANTELS OF THE ALEXANDER CRAIG HOUSE

DOOR INFORMATION

DOOR INFORMATION

NOTE: See sheet on following page for illustration of panel detail. All reproduced doors are constructed in the manner of old ones with use made of 3/8" wood pegs. All doors are pine.

FS PROFILES

Door Hardware

(For all first and second floor door locations, see door schedules, pp. 61, 62.)

Door #D-1—L.H.—3'-0" x 6'-6" x 13/16" thick (batten)

1—Pr. 8" T hinges (stock)
1—W.I. thumb latch 8" long (stock)

Door #D-2—L.H.—3'-0" x 6'-6" x 13/16" thick (batten)

1—Pr. 8" T hinges (stock)
1—W.I. thumb latch 8" long (stock)

Door #D-3—L.H.—3'-0" x 6'-6" x 13/16" thick (batten)

Same as door #D-2

Door #D-4—L.H.—3'-0" x 6'-6" x 13/16" thick (batten)

Same as door #D-2

Door #D-5—R.H.—2'-4" x 6'-6" x 13/16" thick (batten)

Same as door #D-2
1—4" Cabin hook and style.

Door #100 - L.H. - 3'-0" x 7'-0" x 1-¾" thick

1—Pr. 12" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Reproduction Craft House brass lock with cylinder attachment size 4½" x 8", 3 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon to cover cylinder attachment.

Door #101—False Door

1—Brass knob and escutcheon (on outside)

Door #102—R.H.—3'-0" x 6'-10"" x 1-¾" thick

1—Pr. 12" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Reading chromium plated rim lock, 2 keys, brass knob and escutcheon on porch side.

Door #103—R.H.—3'-0" x 6'-10" x 1-¾" thick

Same as door #100.

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Door #104—2'-6" x 6'-6" x 1-3/8" thick

1—Corbin #412½ floor hinging double acting
1—Corbin #0412 top pivot (hinge)
2—Chromium plated push plate (satin finish)

Door #105—2'-6" x 6'-6" x 1-3/8" thick

Same as door #104.

Door #106—L.H.—2'-10" x 6'-8" x 1-¾" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Door check, LCN #202, concealed, with hold open feature.
1—Brass knob on dining room side.
1—Chromium plated push plate on pantry side (satin finish)

Door #107—2'-6" x 6'-3½" x 13/16" thick—2 valve

2—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
4—Heavy friction catches (top and bottom)
2—Door pulls (stock chromium plated)

Door #108—R.H.—2'-10" x 6'-3½" x 1-1/16" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Reading iron rim lock, 2 keys, chromium plated knob and escutcheon on pantry side.

Door #109—2'-0" x 6'-8" x 1-¾" thick—2 valve

2—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Iron Reading rim lock, 2 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon.
1—Corbin Friction catch #01822 (top)
1—Corbin Friction catch #3070 (bottom)

Door #110—L.H.—2'-8" x 6'-7½" x 1-1/16" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Brass knob spring latch—4½" x 4½", similar to CW-F22.

Door #111—R.H.—2'-8" x 6'-7½" x 1-1/16" thick

1—pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Iron Reading rim lock, 2 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon.

Door #112—R.H.—1'-9'- 5/8" x 6'-6" x 1-1/16" thick (batten)

1—Pr. 8" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Brass knob spring latch—4½" x 4½", similar to CW-F22.

Door #113—R.H.—2'-8" x 6'-3½" x 1-¾" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Iron Reading rim lock, 2 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon.

Door #114£—2'-3" x 6'-3½" x 13/16" thick

Same as door #107
2—Door pulls, ball brass #315, 1".

Door #115—R.H.—2'-6" x 6'-3½" x 1-1/16" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Reading iron rim lock, 2 keys, chromium plate knob and escutcheon on bathroom side.

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Door #116—R.H.—2'-6" x 6'-3½" x 1-1/16" thick

Same as door #110.

Door #117—R.H.—3'-0" x 6'-8" x 1-¾" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Iron Reading rim lock, 2 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon.

Door #118—R.H.—3'-0" x 6'-8" x 1-¾" thick

Same as door #117.

Door #200 R. H.—2'-5½" x 6'-3" x 1" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Iron Reading rim lock, 2 keys, brass knobs and escutcheon.

Door #201—R.H.—2'-5½" x 6'-3" x 1" thick

1—Pr. 10" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Reading chromium plated rim lock, 2 keys, brass knob and escutcheon on hall side.

Door #202—L.H.—2'-5" x 6'-3" x 1" thick

Same as door #200.

Door #203—R.H.—2'-0" x 6'-0" x 1-1/16"" thick

1—Pr. 8" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
1—Brass knob spring latch, 4½" x 4½" similar to CW-F22.

Door #204—2'-0" x 6'-0" x 1-1/16" thick (batten) 2 valve

2—Pr. 8" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3)
2—Heavy friction catches (top and bottom)
2—Door pulls, ball brass, #315, 1" ⌀.

Door #205—2'-0" x 5'-2" x 1-1/16" thick (batten) 2 valve

Same as door #204.

Door #206—R.H.—2'-4" x 5'-2" x 1-1/16" thick (batten)

Same as door #203.

Door #207—2'-0" x 6'-0" x 1-1/16" thick (batten) 2 valve

Same as door #204.

Door #208—L.H.—2'-6" x 6'-0" x 13/16" thick

Same as door #203.

Door #209—R.H.—2'-6" x 6'-0" x 13/16" thick

Same as door #203.

Door #210—L.H.—2'-6" x 6'-3" x 13/16" thick

Same as door #203.

Bulkhead—2'-6" x 6'-0" x 1-1/8" thick -2 valve

2—Pr. 22" W.I. "T" hinges (CW-F8)
1—W.I. arched hasp and staple
1—Stock 8" barrel bolt for inside.

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Basement Window Hardware

4—Complete sets stock basement window hardware.

Shutter Hardware

21—Pr. 8" W.I. colonial HL hinges (CW-F3) to be installed as directed.
10—W.I. surface bolts, 5" long, similar to CW-F18.
21—W.I. shutter dogs, type 4.
11—Sets W.I. cabin hooks and styles 4"long, similar to CW-F21.

Window Hardware

All double-hung windows on first and second floors are to have Corbin sash fasteners #1408.