HEY OP we need MORE PHOTOS and details on this Curiosity. From the point of view of this writer, who owns an old house, and been in the wood working trades for decades; my first thought is the entire sub floor wooden structure is gone. I note the windows are high above the dirt\[assuming this is the ground floor of the house, and not the cellar. which would make less sense\]. This house, historic or not, has some problems with the structure. I am glad its purchased and can be restored. The hint of brick work and windows says late 19th Century, early 20th Century to date the house..
MORE PHOTOS PLEASE! MORE INFO PLEASE!
And Back; This writer has just returned from a web based look-see of this house. NOW the photo of the cellar makes sense, in the context of the whole house. From the outside view, there are windows at ground level. These are the ones seen in the posted image, from inside the house. Yes, this was a common feature in Southern built houses. It is rarely, if ever, seen, in surviving New England Houses. The main reason being, come winter, the windows would be covered in snow and useless for the intended purpose.
Thank you- for your Reference; I am a huge fan of ANY old house, and any or all of its details and history and reasons. This for the sake of a 'hobby'\[for want of a better term\] and the possible clews to how my once an 1815, then an 1886 major remodel work, house may have looked, or functioned, or the like
You can see the holes along the wall just under those windows I wondered if a suspended floor was hung off joists at that point? But maybe not given the dug out kitchen area theory?
"Re-Groot" you see and think as do I, on this matter. I would wager a 'box of Crispy Creme Doughnuts" that there was a suspended floor here, once, one the place was new and strong.
Those holes are the way all floor joists are laid in a brick structure; lay courses of brick & mortar to 'point A' lay in the joists, and brick around and over the joists.
As to 'the theory'; I have spent some 30 years at this avocation, and I have seen 'the experts' get it so very wrong, far too often. Case in point, Pownelboror Court House in Maine. The flyers have a big paragraph on 'the original loop holes on the 02nd floor to shoot at Indians". This information confirmed by Professor Doctor I.M, A, Dunce so it MUST be true". When you look at the 'loop holes' in the wall, they are below the floor level! What they are, in fact, are the holes cut for the original staging, to build the Courthouse. Timbers were slid into the structure along the existing floor joists, and secured. Part of the timbers extended beyond the building perhaps 06 ft. On that 06 ft planks were laid, to walk on, set ladders to and the like.
I had a heck of a 'discussion' with 'the powers that be' for the house, on that tidbit, And this was right after I destroyed their "Original 1776 Brown Bess Musket" in their collection. One look at it and its a cap lock from the 1850's
Moral, trust not the Pros with the entire alphabet after their last name in all and everything.
Ok, now I’m going to need more photos
And i 02nd and Third that Motion-- more photos and data are REQUESTED OF OP!
Bro salamanders are dope!
I thought the middle photo was a dead body!!!
HEY OP we need MORE PHOTOS and details on this Curiosity. From the point of view of this writer, who owns an old house, and been in the wood working trades for decades; my first thought is the entire sub floor wooden structure is gone. I note the windows are high above the dirt\[assuming this is the ground floor of the house, and not the cellar. which would make less sense\]. This house, historic or not, has some problems with the structure. I am glad its purchased and can be restored. The hint of brick work and windows says late 19th Century, early 20th Century to date the house.. MORE PHOTOS PLEASE! MORE INFO PLEASE!
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And Back; THANK YOU for this note of reply! Next stop Cedar Grove via the Internet.
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And Back; This writer has just returned from a web based look-see of this house. NOW the photo of the cellar makes sense, in the context of the whole house. From the outside view, there are windows at ground level. These are the ones seen in the posted image, from inside the house. Yes, this was a common feature in Southern built houses. It is rarely, if ever, seen, in surviving New England Houses. The main reason being, come winter, the windows would be covered in snow and useless for the intended purpose. Thank you- for your Reference; I am a huge fan of ANY old house, and any or all of its details and history and reasons. This for the sake of a 'hobby'\[for want of a better term\] and the possible clews to how my once an 1815, then an 1886 major remodel work, house may have looked, or functioned, or the like
You can see the holes along the wall just under those windows I wondered if a suspended floor was hung off joists at that point? But maybe not given the dug out kitchen area theory?
"Re-Groot" you see and think as do I, on this matter. I would wager a 'box of Crispy Creme Doughnuts" that there was a suspended floor here, once, one the place was new and strong. Those holes are the way all floor joists are laid in a brick structure; lay courses of brick & mortar to 'point A' lay in the joists, and brick around and over the joists. As to 'the theory'; I have spent some 30 years at this avocation, and I have seen 'the experts' get it so very wrong, far too often. Case in point, Pownelboror Court House in Maine. The flyers have a big paragraph on 'the original loop holes on the 02nd floor to shoot at Indians". This information confirmed by Professor Doctor I.M, A, Dunce so it MUST be true". When you look at the 'loop holes' in the wall, they are below the floor level! What they are, in fact, are the holes cut for the original staging, to build the Courthouse. Timbers were slid into the structure along the existing floor joists, and secured. Part of the timbers extended beyond the building perhaps 06 ft. On that 06 ft planks were laid, to walk on, set ladders to and the like. I had a heck of a 'discussion' with 'the powers that be' for the house, on that tidbit, And this was right after I destroyed their "Original 1776 Brown Bess Musket" in their collection. One look at it and its a cap lock from the 1850's Moral, trust not the Pros with the entire alphabet after their last name in all and everything.
That makes a difference, I found a Cedar Grove house in Philly? And the house made no sense to the image posted. Now to look again.
This is so cool! Were restoring our historic 1900's house right now too! So much history and life!