Important Architectural Features

Important Architectural Features. . Chimney Pile , The original chimney pile (bake oven, three hearths, and pilastered cap above the roof) is a rare survival. As indication of how ambitious the builder was, the chimney included a domed bake oven in the side of the hall hearth which required a small lean-to outside the north side of the building to cover it. Original hearths, wooden lintels, smoke panels, and jamb niches were revealed during restoration (1938-40). , Casement Frames , Two elaborate casement frames [plus a single-light frame] were found inside the later lean-to on the north side during the restoration. These frames consisted of three light structures that contained leaded-glass windows. , Parlor , Extensive sections of original, vertically-molded oak sheathing remain in place. Some of the sheathing was removed and used as sub-siding in the mid eighteenth century. , Hall , Also preserved is an original, two-ply door made of matching oak sheathing. The hall chamber has a chimney was of original, molded cedar. The molded decoration on the sheathing relates directly to similar moldings on early furniture.