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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM SD 25
UNIQUE SITE NO. O_L1 �114 RED
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (51 KI 4740.379 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: November 1986
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main. Road TELEPHONE: 516) 765-1$92
Southold, L. I. , N.Y.11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S): Horto Conklin house 1 .Tngeph Horton house
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY:-Southold VILLAGE: Southold
3. STREET LOCATION: Main Road, Route 250 wist_ side
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 21
S. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence
7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles 6Cl g. stucco ❑ other:
9 STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(i1' known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good Lid c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTL,GRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a, none known b.zoning❑ c. roads El
d. developers El e. deterioration El
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn El b. carriage house El c. garage El
d. privy El e. shed FKI f. greenhouse 0
g. shop 0 h. gardens El
i. landscape features: arbor C)n rp;tr nf house
j. other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land FK1 b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings 7
d.densely built-up El e. commercial F1
f, industrial 0 g. residential
h.other:
17. INTF'.RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(indicate if buildin or structure is in an historic district)
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The historic4ftsesof Southold is a low to medium density area;
as Route 25 approaches the center of Town it is lined with
large trees and well spaced houses surrounded by lawns and
greenery,
m. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
12-story, 5-bay "Cape Cod Style" house. Gable roof and
center chimney. Original front stoop, with railings and seats
on either side and main roof sweeping out in a curve over the
front door. Quarter round cut-outs at each corner above posts.
SIGNIFICANCE 2/2 windows except 9/6 in 2nd floor.
11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION-- 1653 and early 1800' s update.
ARCHITECT:
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11f HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE
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A plaque reads Joseph Horton house. 1653
This house is in the classic "Cape-Cod Style" which is
called locally a "double-Cape Cod,'%1It is one of the
most important old houses on the North Fork because the
exterior retains its original character.
Afew years after 1891 Catherine Mehrer Prince, widow of
Sidney Algernon Prince, purchased the Joseph Horton
house and "made improvements" (perhaps the 2/2 windows ?) .
In 1909 Mrs. Prince sold to C. L. Barndorf. *
21. SOURCES:Anne Currie-Bell. Guide to Historic Markers. 1960
PP. 32-33. #34
Joy Bear. Historic Housps...1981. P. 38 # 18
*Descendants of Captain John Prince. Helen Wright
TH011- Prince. 1983, Pages 81 and 82.
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.
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Joseph Horton House. 1953
Main Road, Southold
1974 view of
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The Suffolk Times!CFctober 16. 1986 Page 11A
History... SELLING
Continued from page 1 A
YOUR HOUSE
built in the late 1820s with an addi-
tion dating from the 1870s. Ironi-
cally, although the house is known
to the town landmark commission, it - _ H n. _A B
was not included in its first group of ___ _. _ _W y
recommendations. tM FM Debby
Sharp
The local law that set up the n
Southold Town Landmark Preserva-
tion Commission also set up the pro-
cedure for designating landmark
buildings. Mr. Stack said that all the
owners of the 38 properties on the list Neatness Counts
were notified of the proposed desig- Do you remember,when you handed in your
nation and all had sent letters of ac- �} second-grade homework.that how it LOOKED
ceptance to the town. On Nov. 18, at JOSEPH HORTON HOUSE, Southold was lust as important as getting the right an-
swer to a math problem or spelling a word cor-
s p.m., they are to meet with the rectly? "Neatness counts." your teacher said
Town Board, which will sub- and your real estate agent would agree.
sequently vote on the landmark de- • . The general appearance of your house is as
signation, t important to the sale as the number of bed-
rooms, the age of the furnace. or whether
there's a fireplace in the den
,.rThere's no need to invest thousands in new
Landmark status is "an honor but construction.Put your effort into low-cost,high
not a burden," Mr. Stack said. The , visibility improvements. soap and water and
town law establishing the designa- fresh paint make a house sparkle Gel rid o1
tion states that it does not impose :�' excess furniture that crowds rooms To make
closets look larger, clear out the clothes you
any obligation or responsibility on ` haven't wom lately. Take care of small repair
the owners and does not in any man- f chores now;a dripping faucet, a cracked win-
ner restrict the use or alteration of '^ dowpane or a broken light bulb suggest neg-
lectedse
the property. "What would happen is — �"�' Yfix upthe irs lhouse over hewe'll sell it.List with..
that if someone owning a landmark
property applies for a building per-
mit, the commission would be 1
notified, and we'd have an opportu-
nity to discuss the alterations with Arthur :X C/)
them," Mr. Stack said. "I suppose if r14 0
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landmark list," He pointed out that Home:(516)734-6397
there were some tax advantages av-
(Got a SPECIAL house?Don t give up.Ask
ailable to persons restoring buildings about our SPECIAL buyers 1
under historic landmark guidelines. RICHARD COX HOUSE, Mattituck
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June 14, 1979 lune 14, 1979 The Suffolk Times
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JOSEPH HORTON HOUSE,161 SOUTHOLD
Joseph Horton House
JOY BEAR
Special to The Times
Southold Town was settled in 1640 by Europeans,making it the oldest town in New York State established by English-speaking people.
It is to be expected, then, that here will be found houses with roots extending deep into the historic past..
Op Mai_n Roaain Southold village,just a few doors west of the American Legion4lall, on the north side of the street, stands one such
house. On this site Joseph Horton's home, sketched above, was built in 1653.
Joseph Horton, the first owner, was born in Mouseley, Leicestershire, England, and sailed to America with his Puritan father,
Barnabas,and his brother,Benjamin.In time Joseph married Jane Budd.Joseph's brother Benjamin married Jane's sister Anna,and set
up housekeeping in the famous"Old House", now in Cutchogue. After all, there weren't that many eligible bachelors in Southold in the
1650's.
Later Joseph moved his family to Rye, N.Y. His father then bought this house for still another Biblically-named brother, Joshua.
Ultimately seven generations of Hortons owned the house.A glance through Southold's telephone directory will indicate that since those
days the Horton clan has increased. There is even a lighthouse-museum bearing that distinguished name in Southold today.
Few changes have been made over the centuries in the house above. Once a large chimney stood at each end, now replaced by a
central chimney and fireplace.The present floor stands a foot above the ori i ea ms in the attic and basement are pegged. In a
small cellar shell, hair, clay and mortar may still be seen chinked between the stones of the wall.
One wintry day a few years ago a happening occurred in the basement of this house. Miss Mary Concky the present owner, was
shovelling sand from the basement floor to scatter over her icy walk. Up with the sand came two sliver spoons, green with patina and
somewhat dented from their long interment. Miss Concklyne thinks they may have been buried here with other silver and family
treasures for safekeeping during the Revolutionary War.
NOTE: Please view this house from the sidewalk. It is a private home and not open for public Inspection.
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"housing" to Jeremiah Vail, Jr., blacksmith. John Hallock was
sold the wPGt half an(' the house, or part of it. He was a pal
ttmgdd awasey and brought up his family fat
as Quakers, removing to Brookhaven in 1687. Ma
This old house has served many purposes—as Tavern or ent
Inn kept by John Braddick, his widow and son Peter 1687-1737; sev
by Hazard L. Moore and Samuel H. Moore, early 1800's fol- I
lowed by William D. Cochran, the builder of many of South- pro
old buildings and homes. The Universalists met here for a Rei
time before their church in 1837 was completed. It was the of
home, 1859, of Jonathan W. Huntting, whose family named , she
it "Hunttinghurst." In 1872 Mr. Huntting distributed books -Stoc
from the Lyceum Association's Library, housed in his home. hou
For thirty years the Southold Savings Bank which first had its
been in the Edward Huntting house 1858-61 had it's home in chi
"Hunttinghurst". 1861-91, The original site of this house was ove,
.; on the Tucker's Lane corner north of the Soldier's Monument, hou:
removed_from there it, 1908. to it's present site by Daniel H.
__bion, ovvy a. _, - 35.
Another building adjoining this house once stood on that
_ corner site. It held a store and post-office for a number of
years in the 19th century. Several store-keepers tended to mail
and to merchandise: Jonathan W. Huntting, J. Wickham Case r
and others. Fi
The Budd House was probably the most pretentious of 1902
the early settler homes. It has however experienced many, Recc
period changes of interesting'nafure. It held its position on to IC
the Tucker's Lane corner as one of the outstanding village Clev,
houses of several periods. to tl
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Note: The first built John Budd House is described as '
the well-known "Old House" in Cutchogue—given by John black-
Budd
lackBudd to his daughter Anna and son-in-law, Benjamin Horton house
and moved from Southold to Cutchogue. (See Wayland Jef- his h
`�- ferson's book, "Cutchogue, Southold's First Colony.") the 1`
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34. JOSEPH H!}It�ON, HOUSE Cleve
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t' (Miss Mary H. Conklin, Wes Main St., Southold) part
with
Joseph Horton, eldest son of Barnabas Horton the first, origin
was born in Mouseley, Leicestershire, England; came to this of de
country with his father and his brother Benjamin. He mar- greate
M ried Jane Budd, daughter of John Budd, Southold early settler. ney %v
Joseph's house stands on its original homesite. When he de- The l
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e Hallock was parted from Southold for Rye, New York, Barnabas his
it. He was a P y
up his family father, bought his home for another son, Joshua (married
Mary Tuthill) who was carpenter, constable and Town Pat-
entee of 1676. Various Hortons have held this homestead for
-as Tavern or seven generations.
:ter 1687-1737;
rly 18W's fol- In recent years a silver spoon was found in the cellar,
any of South- probably buried there for safety with other treasure during
Let here for a Revolutionary days. This very small cellar shows its centurigs,_.
!d. It was the of age: rough log beams, sumiil er-bearn-arid-pegged umbers;
family named r shell air _clay, crumbling mortar appearing between the
tributed books ones o the walls. With difficulty one stands upright! The
1 in his home. house is a strong built, double Cave Cod which has retained
rhich first had its fundamental 17th century proportions.-nCe;twa Iaige—
.d it's home in chimneys were a ei -with--interior fireplaces and brick
:his house was oven. Though remodelled and changed in the interior, the
is Monument, house remains one of the notable old homes of Southold. x
by Daniel H.
35. ICHABOD CLEVELAND HOUSE 1769
stood on that On Probable c. 1655 Foundation
a number of Barnabas Wynes House
tended to mail
Wickham Case (Frank M. Gagen, West Main Street, Southold)
Five generations of Clevelands lived in this house c. 1769-
pretentious of 1902. Clevelands were in Southold by 1719 (Note the Town
erienced many, Record deed to the first Ichabod, ship carpenter and father
its position on to Ichabod of this house), Henry C. Cleveland was the last male
Landing village Cleveland to live here. His blacksmith shop stood next door
to the west.
is described as There was another Cleveland house right "anext" the
given by John blacksmith shop when the shop was built c. 184548. That
-njamin Horton house it has been stated was built by Moses C. Cleveland for
s Wayland Jef- hisbrother Joseph c. 1824. In 1848 it was sold and moved to
,luny.") the North Road and became the Lewis H. Tuthill home.
The land on which Ichabod's house stands and where Moses
Cleveland, grandfather of Henry C. Cleveland, lived, once was
part of the Barnabas Wynes 17th century double homelot.
Southold) Part of the cellar of the house is of fieldstone held together
with old mortar. This foundation could be of Wynes house
[orton the first, origin- The construction of the house shows several periods
d; came to this of development and growth. Changes have been made for
'aurin. He mar- greater comfort. At one time there was the large central chim-
)ld early settler. ney with deep hearth and brick oven typical of the early period.
When he de- The 18th century house and 19th century blacksmith shop
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Guide to Historic Markers.
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historic southold
By SHARMM GORDON and a library.A double Cade Cod once owned Liv M
Octoberye !6, 1647,Pawcato'ic pedrtg retluired has stood on West Main Street since
to ghe k7 fats trsvmony betweene So�Indian
bo�trkh a tp Sheri t #xvxu bounds afmk-d The Southold Historical Society and Museum -,
tftat h ha 44ne &we WW a war benmltwr said quaints the visitor with life in Southold after the
k>c*a'M and that bt e yeariocock Irxuu Kwe English settled.The museum exhibits feature the Ann
CaVLVfW orad A!d to MWalPara of rte maks, Currie Bell Hallock house and buttery,orae a prom!-
aW tfrat alter a cer&wne tyme yearaocodr IrXgW s nent 19th centuryhouse,the pre-1653 Thomas Moore
rearrx*d agalne and St>r'rx cock lnd4n said&W house.the Cleveland Grover Gagen blacksmith shop.
MEY had peers old N*Vds aid ttrar Mey might srtt circa 1845,the 1845 Dawn Carriage House,and the
obwne acid plant tfi+ere again of the oder side of Lighthouse Museum, ocated at Hoiron's Point on
Peararinct: orad sne troy dfd,Arid afterwards that Lighthouse Road.
&Wewasabearedrotvr>etilnD1)L-t aobvsnow,n During the summer, the museum is open from
mntroversie and the skin and the fatte of Mem sad noon to five p.m., Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
be"wasbrwghttoShirmto klrxtansasdueunto The lighthouse is open July and August from noon
tfterrr. � �
' the X manl'c of POCA TONE
Taken befcxe me,JOHN MUCFORD
Southold has a rich and colorful history,as hinted
at in this excerpt of early Southampton Town records.
Long before the colonists arrived from England and
Connecticut a number of Indian tribes flourished in
this area.First-time visitors are well advised to visit the
local museums that vividly recapture Southold's past.
The Indian Museum,located on Bayview Road,just
off Route 25, houses one of the most complete
collections of Indian artifacts to be enjoyed on Long L
Island.Displays trace the development of the Indian
culture from primitive to the days of colonial settle- '
Ment. Two spear heads in the collection are dated
back I Q000yearsl ,
Murals depict early Indian fife and the tribe sub- .`
divisions are graphed. Exhibits recreate how they 09.0
hunted, fished, farmed,developed Crude cloth from
bark firers, and played,
The largest Algonquin ceramic pottery collection
and an extensive grouping of carved soapstone
pottery and bov0s.are on view at the museum.Tool I
lovers will be excited bY'the array of knife blades,hoe +&i: +s+� �+
blades, gouges, drills and axes, many of them
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displayed with their contemporary counterparts.The
unusual and large display of arrow and spear heads `
is always popular. To round out the picture of the • � ��f� i~
daily life of the earliest settlers are cooking imple-
ments, herbs, children's toys, fishing tackle and 4—.
d.
sinkers,jewelry, religious articles and clothing.
The museum Is open to the public from Thursday
to Sundays during the summer from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m Thick,green Ny turfs up the side of the ofd pine wm,one
Special and group visits can also be arranged by of the exhibits at rhe museum.photo by Sharman Gexdorr,
calling765 - 5577 or765 - 3029.
Lectures are also often featured,as well as meetings
of the New York State Archaelogy Association.
Many lovely old homes and buildings line South-
old's peaceful streets.Organized in 1640 as The First
Church Congregational,the First Presbyterian Church
on Main Street is the site of the oldest English church
and settlement in New York State. The present
building was erected in 1803.
The Lt. John Budd House, located on Tucker's
Lane.was built in the l660's,Sinceth i e
as a home,an inn,a refigwus meeting place,a bank
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LATER ADDITIONS
Southold Town Landmark Preservation Commission
February , 1987
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JOSEPH HORTON HOUSE
Home of Ms . Gail Henry
Main Road, Southold, N.Y. 11971
Interpreted by Ralph Williams
Reported by Joy Bear
February 16, 1937
Legends about this house date to the Town' s earliest history. Southold
Town Records, Vol. I. show that this property in 1653 belonged to Joseph
Horton, who was born in Mousely, Leicestershire, England . In 1665 ownership
of the property passed to Joseph ' s brother, Joshua Horton . Ephriam Horton
owned a house at this site in 1729. The property went out of the Horton
family in 1332, when it was bought by Benjamin Cole .
Few traces remain of the earliest house, and these are seen in the
9" by 14 ' basement entered through a trapdoor in the original kitchen. In
this basement are the remains of a dry-laid wall, possibly from Joseph 1.
Horton 's 1653 house . Stones in the original dry wall were pointed with mud
at some later date, and with a lime and mud mortar even later, perhaps
c . 1750.
Three other time, periods are visible in the house . The first is from the
late 1700 's - possibly 1730. In an upstairs bedroom may be seen one of
the earliest windows still in use in Southold - a 9/6 window with muntins
mortised through the rails , and early, wavy glass . Also from this period
are traces of dust stops under the uneven width floorboards , seen in the
ceiling of the small basement . Also in the basement is a base pile of
stones from the central chimney of the early house .All these, plus hand-hewn
gable end studs, rafters and girts, and floor joists flattened at top and
bottom, point to a mid-to-late 1700 ' s house .
In the mid 1300' s the house was rebuilt in the Georgian style, with a
chimney at each gable end . It was the early form of the present house.
Remains of both chimneys are seen in the two parlors , the basement, and
upstairs . Boxed post and beam construction remains visible in all rooms .
Molding styles, the front door with its sidelights and the entrance stairway
all date from about 1340.
The last major renovation of the house took place c . 1920, when later
additions to the house (not sketched in the floor-plan) were sheathed in
wainscot, and other rooms were finished w1th beaver board stripping. The
fireplace in room � was added at this time . It has a brick base in the
cellar that has displaced some of the earlier chimney's stone base .
THE ENTRANCE
The front door is paneled outside, but flat inside , and is flanked by
a six-light panel on each side . There is some evidence that originally
there were lights over the top of the door also. The locks and knobs ,
together with the paneling, date the entrance to the mid-1300' s .
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ENTRANCE, continued from page 1 :
The entrance hall, #2 on floorplan, contains a stairway with a newel
post and fully turned balusters that make a full curve at the top of the
stairs at the second floor. A wide, beaded baseboard runs along the west
wall of the stairs and makes a graceful turn at the top. This all indicates
early machine age millwork - c . 1350. Before this time woodworking was done
by hand .
THE T140 FRONT PARLORS
The Georgian style home had a chimney on each gable end . The chimneys
have been removed , but a non-functional fireplace exists in the East
Parlor (#1 ) . Its chimney piece is executed in a low-key, simple style . The
location of the fireplace, in the west parlor (#3) is closed in. The corner
posts are boxed in. A summer beam is visible along the rear (north) wall of
both rooms at the ceiling level. A front girt similarly spans the front
(south) walls of each room. Both of these rooms have beaded boxes, presently
covered with wallpaper.
The front doors of these parlors are paneled in the inside (the parlor
side) but are flat finished in the hall.
THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN
Most probably this large room stretched east and west from outside wall
to wall, originally including as open space the small rooms 4a, 4b and 4c .
It was undoubtedly the kitchen, and its cooking fireplace was located in
the north wall. Signs of its location are visible in this wall today. A
round opening higher in the wall indicates a flue, so perhaps a stove had
been installed in the fireplace at a later date . This fireplace was removed,
perhaps c . 1920, when the fireplace in the opposite (south) wall was
installed . This existingfireplace lace on the south wall has an old mantel
p a el and
chimney piece, but they were brought from elsewhere .
Out of the original kitchen were created three small side rooms,
4a, 4b and 4c . These are used today as a dining room, library and bathroom,
respectively. This work was done c . 1920.
South of room #4 are later additions to this house, including the
present kitchen and a storage entrance . These rooms are sheathed in wainscot i
the 1390-1920 style ,
Across the back of the original kitchen, at ceiling level, stretches
a rear girt that marked the back end of the house, and was boxed in as a
part of the mid-1300 restyling.
THE BASEMENT
The basement is small,c . 10' x 141 , and its location and shape do not
relate specifically to any area of the house above. In the basement are
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haunting souvenirs over the past four centuries, recovered from the soil of
the house . Stone walls are pointed with a lime and mud cement that scratches
off at the touch of a fingernail, and date back to a period that might
antedate 1700.
A tight crawl space reveals the under side of the floor above, with many
remaining pre-1300 dust stops still in place between joists under the
floorboards of random widths . In this peephole can be seen the base of the
west chimney, under room #3 - showing early lime between the bricks . A 1920' s
chimney is visible in another crawl space, and the stone pile to its east
marks the earlier central chimney.
THE ATTIC
Hand hewn red oak rafters are found in the attic . They rise to the apex,
where they are pinned through full mortised joints . There is no ridgepole .
Two pegged, 9/6 windows of early age light the space . All the visible
structural timbers bear marked Roman numerals .
A modern central chimney was built with a vertical displacement to
enable it to go around existing rafters . This chimneyvents the 1 20 fireplace .
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The door to the attic is a dressy door on the outside and plain inside . It is a
batten construction of three uneven width panels held by rose headed nails,
c . 1730. The two end chimneys of the Georgian house are visible here .
In a boarded off niche in the attic a wall is faced with boards that
were originally two doors . The upper one was a handsome door, c . 1830, with
a decorative panel of wallpaper. The outside moldings of this door are gone,
but the boards show traces of blue milk paint . The lower door has two
panels of hand-planed and scraped pine . An early hammered iron handle is
attached to this door. Were these doors used in this house, or brought from
somewhere else? This, like the cellar, is another of the house 's mysteries .