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Historic Randall House
RANDALL HOUSE
A PRELIMINARY
HISTORICAL CHECK LIST OF
CHARACTER DEFINING BUILDING ELEMENTS
STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL, WITH COMMENT
THE MAIN HOUSE
By Eric Krause
Krause House Info-Research Solutions
November 14, 2008
Floor Plans (Source)
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This guideline lists those
physical elements (materials, features, structural, and their details) whether
apparent or hidden,
that are important in defining the overall heritage value of historic Randall
House as a colonial to Georgian house (1700 - 1830).
Elements of a later date, also worthy of preservation, are listed here too.
Keep in mind that elements not
listed are not elements to be destroyed or replaced without first consulting the
report titled:
Randall House Chronological Record of Upgrades and repairs
Additional research may add or
delete elements.
ELEMENT Common Name/Room Number/Geographic Location |
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EXTERIOR |
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1. Bevelled skirting board 2. Clapboards 3. North-West Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster on a tall plinth, with a capital consisting of a frieze, back-band and shelf. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 4. North-East Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster on a tall plinth, with a capital consisting of a frieze, back-band and shelf. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 5. Simple boxed eave consisting of a fascia, soffit, simple cornice, rake 6. Central entryway 7. Portico
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6. A later upgrade 7. A later upgrade |
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1. Bevelled skirting board 2. Clapboards (Upon flush, bevelled boards at least high in the gable end) 3. North-West Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster on a tall plinth, with a capital consisting of a frieze, back-band and shelf. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 4. South-West Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster on a low plinth, without a capital. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 5. Short eave returns 6. Simple gable rake consisting of a fascia, soffit, simple cornice, rake
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South-West Corner Board
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1. [Clapboards] 2. South-West Corner board: plain (no pilaster) 3. South-East Corner board: plain (no pilaster) 4. Simple boxed eave consisting of a fascia, soffit, rake
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1. Presently shingled with shingles flush to the skirting board.
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1. Bevelled skirting board 2. Clapboards (Upon flush, bevelled boards at least high in the gable end) 3. South-East Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster [on a missing low plinth], without a capital. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 4. North-East Corner board: recessed single panelled pilaster on a tall plinth, with a capital consisting of a frieze, back-band and shelf. The back band for the panels of the pilaster is a Georgian style Ogee. 5. Short eave returns 6. Simple gable rake consisting of a fascia, soffit, simple cornice, rake
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South-East Corner Board 3. The low plinth on the pilaster has gone missing. |
EXTERIOR FOUNDATION |
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1. Rubble stone with a brick topping
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1. Rubble stone with a partial brick and sandstone topping.
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Added Notes:: Some sandstone stones were also placed in the foundation in the south-west corner to fill in an apparent opening. |
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1. Rubble stone with a partial brick topping
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1. Rubble stone with a brick topping
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EXTERIOR |
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1. Minor bell cast at the eaves
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Added Notes: The present asphalt shingles have no defining heritage value. |
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Added Notes: The present asphalt shingles have no defining heritage value. The bell cast was removed on this pitch, which in turn lowered the pitch enough to cause the removal of the drip caps of the upper floor windows. |
CHIMNEY |
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1. Exited immediately to the south of (if not at) the roof ridge. 2. It was constructed of bricks |
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1. Exited straddling the roof ridge. 2. It was constructed of bricks |
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BASEMENT |
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1. Two windows, single sash, three panes (north one has a taller sash) 2. Wooden hearth cradle for Room 101 fireplace
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1. East chimney base, rubble stone crib-work construction 2. One window, single sash, three panes
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1. West chimney base, rubble stone crib-work construction 2. Wooden hearth cradle for Room 108 fireplace
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1. Two windows, single sash, three panes 2. Remains of a whitewashed finished room with a plastered ceiling upon split (hand riven) laths 3. Wooden hearth cradle for Room 109 fireplace
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BASEMENT |
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1. The ghost of a former staircase remains. 2. The two doorways at top of stairs 3. Walls 4. Chamfered vertical board nailer |
1. The present staircase has no defining heritage value. 2. The doorway cut into the south board partition wall occurred at some later date. 4. The nailer is located against the east wall. |
EXTERIOR BASEMENT |
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1. Rubble stone side walls |
Added Notes: The present staircase has no defining heritage value. |
FIRST FLOOR |
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: narrow fluted flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, plain raised center tablet, raised end tablets with a crown supported, moulded mantle shelf 3. Cupboard and door 4. Closet and doorway 5. Three windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 6. A cased corner post 7. Ceiling 8. Walls 9. Chair rails 10. Baseboards 11. Plastered above and below the chair rail down to the base board 12. Two first-floor room connecting doorways 13. Flooring boards 14. Chamfered vertical board nailer
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1. The fireplace and hearth were a later rebuild. 14. The nailer is located in the closet against the east wall.
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1. [Closet] 2. Two first-floor connection doorways 3. South wall 4. Flooring boards 5. Chamfered vertical board nailer |
1. The closet area contains assorted ghost evidence of an earlier set of stairs. The existing stairs replaced the bottom portion up to the turn, leaving the top portion intact. 4. The top flooring boards are a later upgrade. The original flooring boards beneath are wider and laid with splines (loose or slip tongues). 5. The nailer is located in the closet against the east wall. Added Notes: A portion of the the ceiling was at one time an open stairwell. |
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1. Brick Fireplace 2. Brick bake oven 3. Wooden fireplace chimney-piece 4. Two windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 5. A cased corner "post" 6. *Three inch wide flooring boards run north-south 7. Ceiling 8. Wainscotting of horizontal boards 9. Chair rails 10. Baseboards 11. Two first-floor room connecting doorways 12. One basement connection doorway 13. One stairwell second-floor connecting doorway 14. Vertical board stairwell partition. 15. Cupboard and door 16. Flooring boards 17. Walls
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1. The fireplace is missing is hearth and wooden hearth cradle beneath. The fireplace was a later rebuild. 2. The exterior of the oven was a later rebuild. The interior of the oven is older. 7. This is a later upgrade. 11. With the construction of the South Ell removed was a portion of the south wall to allow access into the new addition. The visible First Floor doorways to the south were a later construction. 13. The doorway and the visible steps did not exist at this location in the beginning. 14. A portion to the south did not exist in the beginning. 16. The top flooring boards are a later upgrade. The original flooring boards beneath are wider and laid with splines (loose or slip tongues). Added Notes:
The closet (and its doorway) was also a later construction. In it are the remains of an earlier lath and plaster ceiling, as well as a portion of a cased intermediate "post" - which is visible in Room 107 - whose bead (quarter-round) would have originally faced into this room.
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1. Two cased intermediate "posts" - One beaded with a quarter-round facing into Room 103 2. Three first-floor room connecting doorways 3. Doorway to the Basement 4. North partition wall (and doorway) separating this room from Room 110 5. Baseboards 6. Walls 7. Ceiling? |
2. The rear doorway was located perhaps where the existing doorway to Room 106 stands. 3. This doorway was cut into the north board partition wall at some later date. 4. This portion of the wall and doorway was installed at some later date. 5. On the west wall only. Added Notes: The existing doorway to Room 106 in the south wall may have been the location of the original exterior doorway. The flooring boards are a recent upgrade. |
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: plain flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, raised end tablets with a crown supported, moulded mantle shelf 3. Closet and doorway 4. Two windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 5. A cased corner "post" - beaded with a quarter-round 6. One first-floor room connecting doorway 7. Chair rails 8. Base boards 9. Flooring boards 10. Ceiling? 11. Walls 12. Chamfered vertical board nailer |
1. The bricks of the hearth were removed and covered by planks. 2. The design of the fireplace is partially masked and boxed-in. 3. The original shelf or shelves have gone missing. 4. The south window is presently partially masked. 6. The present north partition wall with a doorway was installed, adjoining Room 110, at a later date. Removed at some time was a wall or a wall with a doorway opposite the fireplace chimney-piece. 7. The chair rail on the south wall is of a later date. 8. West wall. 11. Masonite wall board has been added at various locations. Added Notes: Another cased post in the closet may have once existed since there is one directly above, in the closet of Room 206. 12. The nailer is located in the closet against the south wall. |
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: narrow fluted flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, plain raised center tablet, raised end tablets with a crown supported, breakfront moulded mantle shelf 3. Two odd wall jogs (each 3 inches [east-west] x 23 inches [north-south]) , one in the south-west corner and one in the south-east corner of the room, to either side of the fireplace. 4. Four windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 5. The window architraves (surrounds) extend to floor level with detail below the windows 6. Wood cornice 7. Wainscotting of horizontal boards, with plastered walls above the chair rail 8. Chair rails 9. Baseboards 10. One first-floor room connecting doorway 11. Ceiling 12. Flooring boards 13. Walls
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1. The fireplace and hearth were a later rebuild. 5. The detail beneath the windows is presently masked. 10. The present south partition wall with a doorway was installed, adjoining Room 107, at a later date. Added Notes: A cased corner "post" may have once existed in the north west corner since there is one directly above, in Room 207. |
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1. Two cased intermediate "posts" 2. Two first-floor room connecting doorways 3. South partition wall (with doorway) separating this room from Room 107 4. Entrance way and doorway 5. Baseboards 6. Ceiling? 7. Walls 8. Main staircase
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3. This portion of the wall and doorway was installed at some later date. 4. An earlier entranceway was replaced with the present doorway, door, transom and side-lites. Added Notes: The hardwood flooring was a later upgrade.
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MAIN |
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1. The ghost of a former stair case remains
2. Main Stairs - Straight run 3. Newel post, balusters and handrail for the Main Stairs 4. Handrail and balusters of the guardrail of the Second Floor |
1. The present staircase is not the original one. The earlier one was constructed against the same west partition (vertical boards) but as a boxed system with a housed stringer. Here the ends of each tread and riser were installed into recessed stringer routings. If above this stringer the partition rose as high as the Second Floor, then only the balusters and hand-rail of the guardrail would have been necessary. 2. To the west, the present staircase re-used this early partition wall but only in support of an exterior open stringer nailed to it. To the east was another separate stringer, nailed here to a vertical board partition wall in support of a closed system. 3. They were installed together with the placement of the present staircase. 4. They were installed possibly with the placement of the first staircase, although evidence of an earlier newel post not associated with this guardrail may exist. Added Notes: At the top of the stairwell, the boxing of the east main girt and the baseboard, upon the boxing, along the east partition wall is a later upgrade.
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KITCHEN |
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1. The ghost of an earlier stairwell 2. The ghost of a former staircase remains 3. Stairwell 3. Partition walls 4. One first-floor doorway |
1. An earlier set of stairs may have continued at a steep angle directly down into room 103 2. The former lower portion of a relatively steep staircase - its straight-run - began in line with, but further north of, the existing one. This lower section butted up against the mid-portion of the existing partition for the closet of Room 102. Its upper section is the present staircase that turns east into Room 202. The treads had a pronounced nose and moulding beneath. 3. The present staircase is less steep than its predecessor since its lower portion is extended into Room 103. It incorporates the upper portion of the second staircase in its design. |
SECOND FLOOR |
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: wide fluted flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, raised end tablets with a crown supported, moulded mantle shelf 3. Closet and doorway 4. Three windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 5. The window architraves (surrounds) extend to floor level with detail below the windows 6. Two first-floor doorways 7. A cased corner "post" 8. Flooring boards 9. Walls
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1. The mortar renderings are a later upgrade. The hearth was a later rebuild. 3. Within are the remains of an earlier lath and plaster ceiling. The present interior partition wall is a later upgrade. |
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1. The ghost of an earlier stairwell 2. Stairwell 3. Two second-floor room connecting doorways 4. Doorway to Attic 5. West, north and south Kitchen Stairwell partition walls 6. Exposed main east girt 7. Flooring boards |
1. Today partially floored with boards is a possible second-floor opening for an earlier staircase. Centred upon the present Attic Stairwell, this existing stairwell may have at one time continued directly down at a steep angle, into room 103. 3. Doorway to Room 204 is a later upgrade. 7. The flooring boards reflect several later upgrades. |
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1. Closet and doorway 2. Two windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 3. A cased corner "post" 4. Walls 5. Flooring boards 6. One second-floor room connecting doorway 7. Chair rails 8.Baseboards
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1. Within are the remains of an earlier lath and plaster ceiling. The present interior partition wall is a later upgrade. 4. The west and west return walls are later upgrades. 6. The west doorway is a later upgrade. 7. The west chair rail is a later upgrade. |
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1. Floor boards 2. Ghost of chair rail 3. Walls 4. Baseboards 5. Two second-floor room connecting doorways |
2. South wall 3. The east and near north walls are later upgrades required for the installation of the present bathroom. 4. South and west walls. Added Notes: The present single small window, single sash, was a later installation. |
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1. One window, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 2. Two cased intermediate "posts" 3. Chair rail 4. Boxed main east girt 5. Five second-floor room connecting doorways 6. Blocked doorway 7. Baseboards 8. Main Stairwell |
3.South wall 6. A doorway once existed in the west wall to the connecting room between Room 206 and Room 207. 7. West and south walls |
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: plain flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, raised end tablets with a crown supported, moulded mantle shelf 3. Closet and doorway 4. Two windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 5. The window architraves (surrounds) extend to floor level with detail below the windows 6. One cased corner "post" and one cased intermediate "post" in the closet 7. One first-floor room connecting doorway 8. Floor boards 9. Walls 10. Baseboards 11. Chamfered vertical board partition nailer
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1.The mortar renderings are a later upgrade. The hearth was a later rebuild. 3. Within are the remains of an earlier lath and plaster ceiling. 7. The present doorway to the Connector Room between Rooms 206 and 207 is a later upgrade. 8. The flooring fronting the fireplace was repaired. 10. The closet also contains baseboards and an original lath and plaster ceiling. 11. The nailer is located in the closet against the south wall.
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1. Blocked doorway 2. One second-floor room connecting doorway 3. Walls 4. Flooring boards 5. Chamfered vertical board partition nailer |
1. A doorway once existed in the east wall to Room 205. 2. The south doorway was a later upgrade in an original vertical bard partition wall. 5. The nailer is located against the south wall. Added Notes: A ceiling of wide, beaded boards rather than of expected plaster was found.
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1. Brick fireplace and hearth 2. Wooden fireplace chimneypiece: wide fluted flattened columns (pilasters) upon the legs, with block feet, plain frieze, plain raised center tablet, raised end tablets with a crown supported, moulded mantle shelf 3. Four windows, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 4. The window architraves (surrounds) extend to floor level with detail below the windows 5. A cased corner "post" 6. Baseboards 7. One first-floor connecting doorway 8. Closet and doorway 9. Flooring boards
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1.The mortar renderings are a later upgrade. The hearth was a later rebuild.. 8. The Connector Room between Rooms 206 and 207 was a later upgrade. 9. The top layer of flooring boards is a later upgrade. |
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1. One window, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 2. The window architraves (surrounds) extend to floor level with detail below the windows 3. Two cased corner "posts" 4. One first-floor room connecting doorway 5. Walls 6. Baseboards 7. Flooring boards
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ATTIC |
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1. Stairwell 2. One second-floor room doorway 3. Wall |
3. The vertical boards on the north wall east of the chimney are a later upgrade.
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ATTIC |
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1. One east window opening 2. Finished painted room 3. Flooring boards 4. Collar-tied rafters 5. Gable wall
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1. The double-hung 6 over 6 pane sash was a later upgrade. There is no architrave. 5. A bevelled board sheathing for the exterior clapboards closed off the gable end. |
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1. One east window opening 2. East chimney stack 3. Flooring boards 4. Collar-tied rafters 5. Gable wall
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1. The double-hung 6 over 6 pane sash was a later upgrade. There is no architrave. 2. The stack was parged and partially rebuilt at a later date. 4. Intermingled are later upgrade rafters. 5. A bevelled board sheathing for the exterior clapboards closed off the gable end |
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1. Walls 2. West chimney stack 3. One west window, double-hung sash, 6 over 6 panes 4. Flooring boards 5. Collar-tied rafters 6. Gable wall 7. Chamfered vertical board nailers |
2. The stack was parged and partially rebuilt at a later date. 3. There is no architrave. 5. Intermingled are later upgrade rafters. 6. A bevelled board sheathing for the exterior clapboards closed off the gable end. 7. The nailer is located against the north and east walls. |
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1. Walls 2. Ceiling 3. One west window opening 4. Flooring boards 5. Baseboard
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3. The double-hung 6 over 6 pane sash and frame was a later upgrade. 4. The floors were of pine*, 2-layers thick, running north-south. |
COMMENT ON THE MAIN HOUSE
POSSIBLE NEW UPDATES
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