The final window on the Great North Wall to be restored is the delicious eyebrow window under the huge dining room window. This window is one of my favorite details about the house.

Soooooooooo yummy! Over the past 123-years soil has built up, covering the gorgeous limestone sill. I have removed soil from the left-hand side.

The stone sill. Revealed.

You can see the stone sill in an 1895 image. Click to enlarge. (Walter Anderson Collection – ESU Archives)

Atop the stone sill is a wood sill. This is totally rotted.

I had no idea how to get the sash out but this proved effortless. I was surprised that the sash is, in fact, a rectangle and not arched. The image is deceiving. It looks like an arched window is resting on brown wood. But that brown wood is simply never-painted areas of the sash.

The sash is, amazingly, in excellent condition. No rot! It will restore beautifully.

Rotted wood sill gone! Window temporarily blocked! The arched wood trim is in excellent condition, too, also amazing after 123-years. The new wood sill will be made of pressure-treated lumber so it should look very good a century from now.