Governor's Mansion Renovation All Records
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Note ID: | JL101 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, low 80s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 6/4/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Private Dining Room, Bathroom, and Powder Room (E) / Bedroom and Bathroom #3 (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Digital photos and video, in southeast corner, of evidence of ceramic tile floor system in this area that predates the most recent closet carpet and plywood floor, and the most recent ceramic tile floor in the bathroom (which has a concrete setting bed on metal lath). The evidence consists of the same woodwork modifications described in note 100 above. Concrete setting bed and ceramic tile associated with this wood evidence has previously been removed. |
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Note ID: | MS245 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, high 70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Coat Room (E) / Reception (R) | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | New wood framing for partitions is going up. The whitewashed ceiling joists were originally exposed within this space under the Entry Hall. All masonry walls in the basement will be furred out with metal studs. |
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Note ID: | MS247 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, high 70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Mansion Director (E/R) | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | The walls of the Mansion Director's Office are prepared to receive new furred-out walls. The masonry walls are cored for utilities installation. As with other spaces along the west wall of the Mansion basement the whitewashed ceiling joists indicate that the ceiling framing was originally exposed. |
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Note ID: | MS246 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, high 70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Mansion Director (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Sections of floor joists are removed and "headed off" with new framing members. Installation of mechanical equipment begins in this newly enlarged joist space. |
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Note ID: | MS248 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, high 70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Men (R) | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | Partitions within the future Men's Room are being framed. The ceiling joists and bridging are not whitewashed. This framing may have been installed as part of the repairs completed after the 1920s fire. |
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Note ID: | MS244 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, high 70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - North Foyer (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | The ceiling has been demolished in the North Foyer, as have some wall finishes, in preparation for utilities installation in ceilings and walls. Channels are being cut into the brick walls for utilities installation. Surprisingly, the door casing was trimmed down both at the North Ballroom wall and where the former Powder Room partition met the north (exterior) wall. |
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Note ID: | MS251 | Weather Conditions: | Overcast, low 90s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/7/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Beneath Ballrooms | Work Type: | Floor Conservation | Notes: | The flooring is being acrylic-injected below the North and South Ballrooms in order to reduce sqeaking. |
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Note ID: | MS250 | Weather Conditions: | Overcast, low 90s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/7/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Mansion Director (E/R) | Work Type: | Floor Conservation | Notes: | Floors continue to be injected with acrylic (from below) in order to reduce squeaking. |
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Note ID: | MS254 | Weather Conditions: | Overcast, low 90s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/7/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - North Foyer (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Removal of later framing in the Powder Room reveals that historic jambs were not kept in place when the Powder Room was built and an original door was enclosed behind drywall in the Old Governor's Office. |
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Note ID: | MS253 | Weather Conditions: | Overcast, low 90s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 6/7/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Stair Hall (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Removal of the silver storage cabinet reveals the location of an original door and paneled jambs which link the Old Governor's Office to the North Stairhall. |
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