Yeah. The building was built in 1890. It was built as an opera house, and in 1907 it was converted into a three story building with store fronts on the first floor, office space on the second and apartments on the third. Over time, with all the junk stacked in the place, it looks like the businesses started stacking things on the second floor and never looked at it again. The third floor had been sealed off. The apartments were still half furnished.
That would be a really fun job. We did a restoration on a ln old house once that was the most renowned house in town. Built in the early 1099's if memory serves. Nothing that cool, but the craftsmanship in the home was marvelous.
The central chimney had three fireplaces on it in the middle of the home. To fit between all the walls and junctions, they had to make it spiral. It was about 6 feet in outside diameter, a spiraling square column of brick. It was impressive.
I got to see it when we had all the walls out in one of the rooms downstairs.
I've spent more time on this job than any other he's ever done. While they were doing demo, the craftsmanship blew my mind.
The hand chiseled slots in the stair stringers....
The relief cuts to bend that molding around.
I just wish we would've gotten more pictures!
And bonus... Every day that I show up, my son has found some cool little something to give me. They've found all kinds of things in the walls.
There's some pics of the fire damage in 1977. The huge sliding pocket doors were charred and preserved by later owners. Not sure if they were replaced by the folks we were working for.
No, the home was rebuilt shortly after the fire I believe. We were doing cabinets and doors in the whole home for a new owner. They completely redid the whole thing. It was a lot of fun though. Now I get to say that I was part of the remodel on the most famous home in Denton.
I sent the Steem for the SBI yesterday, still haven't received confirmation.... I sent them a message to see what's up.
Sweet!
Seems like that was more than 70 years ago though...
Yeah. The building was built in 1890. It was built as an opera house, and in 1907 it was converted into a three story building with store fronts on the first floor, office space on the second and apartments on the third. Over time, with all the junk stacked in the place, it looks like the businesses started stacking things on the second floor and never looked at it again. The third floor had been sealed off. The apartments were still half furnished.
I did a little post on it... https://steemit.com/oldbuilding/@powellx5/treasure-hunt-in-a-time-traveling-fun-house
They've found all sorts of old stuff in there.
That would be a really fun job. We did a restoration on a ln old house once that was the most renowned house in town. Built in the early 1099's if memory serves. Nothing that cool, but the craftsmanship in the home was marvelous.
The central chimney had three fireplaces on it in the middle of the home. To fit between all the walls and junctions, they had to make it spiral. It was about 6 feet in outside diameter, a spiraling square column of brick. It was impressive.
I got to see it when we had all the walls out in one of the rooms downstairs.
I've spent more time on this job than any other he's ever done. While they were doing demo, the craftsmanship blew my mind.
The hand chiseled slots in the stair stringers....
The relief cuts to bend that molding around.
I just wish we would've gotten more pictures!
And bonus... Every day that I show up, my son has found some cool little something to give me. They've found all kinds of things in the walls.
How many times did that guy have to adjust his cuts? How many similar joints had he made before this one?
So interesting. That's some badass craftsmanship.
You got a picture of that chimney?
No. They didn't want us taking pictures :(
http://www.dentonhistory.net/page69/page76/evers.html
There's some info. I'm digging for more.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frystreet/21442438936/in/photostream
There's some pics of the fire damage in 1977. The huge sliding pocket doors were charred and preserved by later owners. Not sure if they were replaced by the folks we were working for.
Man, I bet that was a cool project to work on. Were you working on restoration from the fire?
No, the home was rebuilt shortly after the fire I believe. We were doing cabinets and doors in the whole home for a new owner. They completely redid the whole thing. It was a lot of fun though. Now I get to say that I was part of the remodel on the most famous home in Denton.