[MassHistPres] Examples of colonial rooms with moveable walls

Deane Rykerson rykersonarchitecture at comcast.net
Sun Oct 14 12:54:00 EDT 2012


Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington used to have a large panel door to make 2 rooms one, but it was created in the 1890's for Lexington Historical Society meetings.
On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Edward Andrews wrote:

> I am looking for examples of colonial rooms with moveable walls that typically divide a large room into two smaller rooms, but can be retracted to create a single, large room.  The rooms may be in public (such as in a tavern ballroom) or private buildings.  I think that I saw such a room in a Portsmouth, NH house years ago, but cannot recall which house.
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> Thank you for your help with this.
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> Ted Andrews
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