You do beautiful work. I've done puppet heads people wear, but I've used construction hats instead of bike helmet. I've also taken the flat fans from a laptop computer and installed them inside of my head costumes to keep the puppeteers cooler.
There's so much "Wood used in the Structure" of USA Historic Homes, it is a challenge to maintain those, other than Cypress, (trees found in the Delta and Swamps that repeal insects and is a very durable hardwood) often used in the Plantation Homes of the Deep South. If I were to invest in the building if a Grand House, I would seek Stone Masons and/or use Concrete, as Frank Lloyd Wright did in his famous work in Low Angeles. All that we have from the very Ancient Times are those ruins/remains of Stone Structures. Investing in the ground preparation for basement and depth for the bedrock surface would also be a required effort. These remain worthy natural storage and shelter spaces that conserve energy and costs.
It looks like some owner redid the exterior in stucco, like the person who destroyed Rossiter's Rock Gate in Washington. Thankfully a subsequent owner restored it to its original condition - you have a picture of the restored Rock Gate at 2:08. It looks like this could use the same. Or is this really the original exterior?
Hi, sorry for the delayed response. The current owners had this to say: "Thank you for your comment and interest. It's difficult to tell what the original exterior of the estate was from the early photos of the property, but we believe the stucco was added in the early 1900s."
