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March 15, 2005
and today's interesting house discovery is....
that there probably was no entrance to the basement from the living area, originally. my dark little hallway? built in the 70's to enclose a stairway to the basement. the hall wall that they are cutting is sheetrock, not plaster and wood sheathing. which is great, actually, because it's a hell of a lot easier and more stable to cut than plaster would be. this explains the small attic entryway over the basement stairs. the stairs make it inaccessible. ergo, the stairs probably weren't there when that entryway was installed.
i wonder what was there before the stairs? a really wide hallway? or maybe the kitchen was wider.
Posted by lisa at March 15, 2005 10:06 AM | TrackBack
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Wow, how fun to be learning about the history of your house. I bet the hallway and the kitchen/dining area were both wider. Maybe that pantry didn't exist either.
Posted by: Sarah on March 15, 2005 10:27 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.