The Cross House

      The drip cap cannot be installed after the siding is installed.    

In 2018, Blair and his wife, Beth, toured the Cross House. During the visit Blair made a major discovery. To appreciate today’s post you might wish to first read the 2018 post. And this dramatic Part II post. I will have some wine while you read. . . . . . . . . ….

Drum roll, please. Yesterday I posited two questions. Was there a circa-1920 header above the entry of the Carriage House, under the turret? Or was the turret supported by a full-width 1894 header? Today…I have an answer from the past.           This will make removing the entry and replacing it with…

          …I have an idea. Above the door is exposed sheathing. The door is later to be replaced by the large window from the living room. The window will be centered under the turret. This will necessitate a new header. Rather than do this from the interior, as I had planned…

Remember the south hall in the Cross House that I was working on last fall? After a lot of work I shifted focus to doing the library, and the hall, while much better than it was a year ago, remains unfinished. Due to an AC trunk line I installed in 2014, the ceiling had to…

    It rained most of the afternoon. Some drizzle. Some downpour. All the while I painted away under the blue tarp and a piece of plywood (far right) I tacked in place as a temp roof. I enjoyed the surreal quality the afternoon. All the while listening to Barack Obama. The downspout will soon…