[MassHistPres] source for clapboards

[Suzie LaMont]

Jef Grinarml does this type of work.  Talented carpenter, North Bennett school trained.  Can likely mill what you need, to customized specs.

Grinarml Carpentry
GC and Preservation Carpentry
8 Auburn Rd.
Salem MA
(617) 372-2583‬
grinarmlcarpentry at yahoo.com <mailto:grinarmlcarpentry at yahoo.com>

Good luck,

Suzie LaMont	
Vice Chair, Beverly HDC




> On Jun 1, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Russel Feldman <RFeldman at tbaarchitects.com> wrote:
> 
> Might anyone be able to recommend a source of true dimension clapboards?  We need a true 6 inch high by ½ inch at the butt dimension to match the existing siding on a National Register Greek Revival structure.  Clapboards you’ll find in any lumber yard are “6 x ½ inch” nominal dimension, typically about 5½ x 3/8 inch dimension which won’t match the coursing and depth of the existing fabric that we’re looking to preserve.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
> Russ Feldman
>  
> Russel Feldman, AIA, NCARB | Principal Emeritus | TBA Architects, Inc.
>  
> From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu <mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu>> On Behalf Of Elizabeth Ware
> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 12:01 PM
> To: Dennis De Witt <abtdewitt at rcn.com <mailto:abtdewitt at rcn.com>>; MHC MHC listserve <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] quarantine quiz
>  
> Hi Dennis,
> The last photo with the brick building is 474 Boston Avenue in Medford.  I used to commute regularly by this building.
> The building is now named  Curtis Hall, which is part of the Tufts University campus.  There used to be (and may still have) a coffee house in the building and apparently the lower level was a train depot.
>  
> Hope this helps…………….
>  
> Betsy Ware
>  
> Director of Community Development
> Town of Dracut, MA.
> Telephone: 978-453-4557
>  
> From: MassHistPres [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu <mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu>] On Behalf Of Dennis De Witt
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> Subject: [MassHistPres] quarantine quiz
>  
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> 
> I’m hoping someone can help me ID the location of an y of these photos, all taken on Nov. 10, 1899.  They show the 25 ton cast iron base of a steam pumping engine being relocated from Roxbury to the east side of Spot Pond in Stoneham.  A note for one of them suggests that they may be in Medford _ but I’m open to other suggestions.  
>  
> I don’t know if it was moved by road the whole way or may have been moved part way by rail or water.   I will note that this is a well surfaced road, but not one with a trolley line.
>  
> These photos have a lot of detail when blown up.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Dennis De Witt
> Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
> Boston 
>  
> Note the church steeples marked with arrows.  One of the two on the right looks like HHR’s Grace Episcopal, but the other does not look like  any other I see on line for Medford
> <image001.jpg>
>  
> Note the shingled church steeple.  There is also an electric street lamp and a spout for filling wagons for watering the road  The drug store offers an ice cream soda for a nickel !
> <image002.jpg>
>  
> Seemingly a country crossroad but with granite curbs, a water spout, and gas lamps
> <image003.jpg>
>  
> Between the buildings you can see a railroad line and siding.  The building on the left reads like it might be a station.
> <image004.jpg>
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