[MassHistPres] Granite Blook Footings

[Mitchell Mulholland]

Just curious. What's a granite blook?
Mitch Mulholland

"Bourdon, Paul" wrote:

> We have dismantled and moved , including the capstones, an 1813 Tavern. If we ever sell our current house and put the tavern back up we would like to have the capstones cut to lay on top of the concrete foundation. Does anyone know if this can be done on site? and anyone who does this kind of thing in the metrowest area? Thanks,
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> Paul Bourdon
> Soouthborough
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> > From:         masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu on behalf of Tom Lenox
> > Sent:         Friday, July 28, 2006 4:11 PM
> > To:   masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> > Subject:      [MassHistPres] Granite Blook Footings
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> > Eastham Historical Society will be installing a basement under our 1869 Schoolhouse Museum, to stop deterioration of the building from moisture.  The original structure was built on a footing of granite blocks, many of which are now cracked and chipped and practicably unusable.  We would like to consider "veneering" the new concrete foundation with 2 inch thick granite slabs to reproduce the appearance of the original footing blocks.  Does anyone have experience with this concept? Or, is there another approach to accomplish this consideration?  We assume reproduction with new material would be better than simply letting the 8 inches of new concrete show, ignoring this small bit of architectural fabric? Thanks for any information/ advice you can share!
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> > Tom Lenox
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> > Eastham historical Society
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> >  tglenox1 at comcast.net
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