Governor's Mansion Renovation All Records
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Note ID: | MS408 | Weather Conditions: | Scattered clouds, mid-70s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 7/19/1999 | Location: | Mansion - West Elevation | Work Type: | Excavation | Notes: | A tunnel under the west portico must be excavated to run drain lines. Typical of all of the fill we've seen in the basement and at the perimeter of the Mansion, the fill under the West Portico is clay mixed with rounded river rock. The entire area along the west side must be excavated and new drain lines installed below the level of the new basement floor. Workers say that no artifacts have been unearthed in this effort. |
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Note ID: | JL199 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - General | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Video of finish work progress showing new baseboard, door frames and casings, and painted gypsum board. |
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Note ID: | JL200 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Kitchen (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of north window being removed. Sash weights and connecting chain exactly match those found in note 196 above. |
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Note ID: | JL198 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Security Office (E) / Executive Protection Unit (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of fireplace support at east wall following removal of former floor infill. Shows brick face in recess between fireplace supports below later raised floor level. Brick walls were historically (originally?) painted white. |
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Note ID: | JL191 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Old Governor's Office (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of east wall, north of fireplace, where recent cornice, installed with gypsum board finish to cover existing door, has been partially removed exposing historic cornice below. Only the wall moldings of the historic cornice were covered by newer cornice, the historic ceiling moldings were still exposed but the soffit was narrowed because of the furred out wall moldings. There appears to have been some damage done to the historic cornice by installation of the recent cornice. |
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Note ID: | JL193 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Stair Hall (E/R) | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Video and digital photos of plasterer installing base plaster coat at west wall of north stair. New plaster is being installed over chases cut into originial brick wall for utility lines. The chases are first covered by metal lath, then two base coats with a finish white coat. |
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Note ID: | JL192 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Stair Hall (E/R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of west wall at south stair where removal of canvas wall covering has revealed plaster ghosts of former stair. The ghost indicates a stair run which rose from north to south along the west wall to a landing near the existing landing. |
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Note ID: | JL195 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - North Elevation | Work Type: | New Masonry Construction | Notes: | Video and digital photos of masons installing concrete block walls at new northeast addition. Walls are near the top of the first floor. |
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Note ID: | JL197 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Above Ballrooms | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | Video and digital photos of progress of new partition framing, which is about halfway complete. Carpenters constructing new partitions. |
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Note ID: | JL196 | Weather Conditions: | Cloudy, low 90s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 7/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - East Bedroom (E) / First Lady's Dressing and Bathroom (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of original window in west wall (inside face of rear, east wall of original wall) the interior trim and sash of which are being removed by laborers. The interior jamb boards, head board, sill and bottom sash appear to be early 20th century from their wire nails and circular saw marks. Sash weights and connecting chain are also early 20th century (at first the sash weights appeared earlier with their crude form and roman numeral labels, but they exactly match the early 20th century basement kitchen window sash weights). The sash boxes, exterior frame and upper sash appear to be historic, possibly original due to early cut nails with T-heads. Top sash has pegged, open tongue and groove corner joints with muntins tenoned through the rails and stiles. Top sash also does not have a molding profile along the top of the check rail. Both sash will be paint stripped and reused. The exterior frame and sash weight boxes will be left in place and covered by new finishes. |
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