[MassHistPres] earliest iron staircases in New England

[SCeccacci at aol.com]

Dennis,
An Italianate style house designed by Worcester architect Elbridge Boyden  
that once stood at 12 State Street, corner of Harvard Street, Worcester, had a  
circular cast iron staircase.  I can't find the date of the house  right now, 
but am pretty sure that it was pre-1860.  According to my  notes, the iron 
stair was located in the kitchen.  I have a fuzzy  color slide of it taken in 
1983.  Boyden used cast iron in his buildings in  the early 1850's and is 
believed to have built the first building with a cast  iron front in New England in 
Worcester (the Foster Block, Main and Pearl  streets, no longer standing) 
during that period. 
 
Susan McDaniel Ceccacci
Historic Preservation Consultant
360 Causeway Street
Jefferson, Massachusetts
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2008 12:06:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
djdewitt at rcn.com writes:

We are  researching the very earliest iron staircases in New England.    
We would be interested in knowing about any surviving or well   
documented and illustrated pre-1860 New England examples (other than   
the 1848 Brookline Gatehouse and the Boston Athenaeum  examples).

Dennis De  Witt
Brookline
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