[MassHistPres] antique fencing

[Roughan, Michael]

Sally,

Dana Farmer is a colleague of mine in the Woodworker’s Guild (and a former student of Bennett St School)  that may have some suggestions for you.
Is the picture below what you are trying to duplicate?

…..Mike

Michael Roughan, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP
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From: sally urbano [mailto:urbanosally at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 3:26 PM
To: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>; Masshistpres Members <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Cc: Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] antique fencing

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Mike and Dennis
   Thank you.  I Love how historic preservation leads you to so many more questions and various pieces of information.  Always something new to discover. Looking forward to seeing what the Guild of Woodworkers has to say. Interestingly we have been working with Mass Dot regaridng the reworking of our Historic Main st. which once held fences such as  this through its entire 3/4 of a mile length. Mass Dot was interested in the possability of including some fences in the redesign. Of course that is the hope.
Best to all
Sally
West Harwich

On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 1:51 PM, Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net<mailto:djd184 at verizon.net>> wrote:

As a point of historical interest, locust was so tough and so rot resistant that in the 1950s, in the southern Appalachians where it was plentiful, locust logs were harvested and sold at a premium to state DPWs for highway guardrail posts.  Perhaps they were used for that here too?  I have also seen a rustic arbor whose green-cut, bark-on locust overhead cross pieces continued to sprout for a couple of summers.

The only thing in that region deemed comparable for rot resistance was American Chestnut, which by 1950 all been killed by the blight, although their massive white skeletons still stood out all along the mountains — gradually being harvested, even after they fell, for desirable wormy chestnut panelling.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline




On Jul 5, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Roughan, Michael <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com<mailto:Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>> wrote:

Sally,

I below to the Eastern Mass Guild of Woodworkers and I asked them to comment. I’ll let you know what responses I get.
Do you have a photo of the previous fence posts?

….Mike

Michael Roughan, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP
Chairman - Hopkinton Historical Commission

Town of Hopkinton
18 Main Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748

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Subject: [MassHistPres] antique fencing

Greetings to everyone.
         I am on the hunt for a resource to replace an antique  post and board fence. The posts are turned and the top is a  large ,rounded top similar to Dairy Queen cones, not acorns.  Recently vandals destroyed a fence such as this.
The original was made of locust which  was prevalent on the Cape at one time.  The posts are the problem as apparently they must be hand turned and mahogany is suggested as wood of choice.  The  bid is  without installation and painting and   amounts to $15,000 for 12 posts and two rails. extravagant ?
Appreciate any information
with my thanks
Sally Urbano
West Harwich,ma
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