Busy day today after some intense rain and storms on Sunday.Electricians arrived and started the electrical rough-in. Looks like they’re doing a nice job. Can’t wait to see all of that Cat 5e and coax cable run all over the place. Hugh Murphy could never have forseen what will be in there. I will say it was nice to see some modern electrical wiring installed instead of the old knob and tube.
The stone masons finished the downstairs chimney and did a pretty nice job getting the upstairs one started. Nate and Jake pulled off the asphalt over the wrap-around porch and some of the decking, along with the siding along the back porch to prepare to run electrical and other wiring around the dining room.
Had two distinguished visitors today – Simon’s girlfriend Amy, and Dr. Charles Faulkner, professor emeritus of archeology from the University of Tennessee. Amy added a welcome presence that has been missing from the construction site. Dr. Faulkner added a number of observations about the house and how it was built.
He re-confirmed our belief that the structure was built at one time. Dr. Faulkner also observed that the bricks were hand-made, probably fired in a scove kiln on the property, and did not have an impressed center or “frog” that became common in the 1840s. Nails appear to be fully machine cut made with a thin shank. The combination of hand-hewn lumber and machine-milled pieces that are circular sawed are puzzling. Circular saws were not commonly believed to be in the Knox County area before the 1850s, although possibly this house is one of the earliest examples in the country.
Pretty full day.
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