I’m a little jealous of those 2/2 windows. I fully restored our 1830s 9/6 windows… I used alback linseed oil glazing and it was a very long process. 5 x windows 9/6 and 3 x 6/6. Used all old wavy glass from other sashes in vinegar and scraper to get the cloud off the glass. About half were able to be saved and the rest came from my uncles 50 years of sash stash 😂.
Always interesting as you describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on design. There’s also the impact of box car and flat car dimensions, dictated in part by curves in the rail bed, on the dimensions of pre cut lumber and prepackaged “features”, like fireplaces, cabinets, etc.
My 1906 house in Virginia is SO similar to this one. My parlor has the railroad mantle with white oak veneer, mirrored over mantel and everything, while the rest of my mantels are paint grade. My guess is the fancy mantel is original because it would have gone out of style much later than 1906.
Fascinating, thanks! There's some railroad history on my father's side of the family, my great grandfather was a railroad engineer. What an era to ponder just on its own, but then to understand its impact in so many areas, including building and architecture. Interesting stuff!
About the arches- I can just hear the Brent Hull from 1890 doing a film on "how not to use moldings" and using this house as an example. Some things never change... a builder doing something they think looks good (but it doesn't) and one hundred years later we give them a pass because he was using the products of the day.
@@BrentHull What I was trying to say was, similar to when builders today just order stuff like crown and it is totally wrong (you have many videos about it), I think the guy who did the arches was just using what was available or doing something he thought looked cool (but wasn't). In my mind, if it is wrong to use the wrong stuff today (like what most of your videos are about, and rightfully so), it was the wrong application on that house in the 1800s. Of course, I could be all wrong, and like my mother used to say: "I just don't understand art"
Great video Brent, thanks for your work and your amazing information. Can I just say though, that I find the music in the background really annoying and totally unnecessary.
The autoroutes did Kill the beauties of America. Bypassing roads like 138 and 132 in Quebec was the price to pay for what we call progress these days. Like the train back then.
