Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, New York: No distinct titleU.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, 1985 |
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Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, New York ... William W. Howell Visualização completa - 1985 |
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alterations appears arch architrave baseboard basement bathroom bathtub bedroom bell crank bell system boards brick butt hinges cast-iron butt chair rail chimney breast classification analysis cluster analysis construction cornice crank cut nails DeProsse east wall exterior finish fireboard fireplace floorboards flue frame furnace gable Harriet Butler historic hole includes indicate infill installed jamb joists kitchen light Lindenwald machine-made Martin Van Buren masonry molding mortar mortise mortise lock muntin north wall original paint layers paint samples panel partition patch photographs physical evidence pipe plaster walls preservation and restoration probably pump rafters recommended for room removed replaced restoration work recommended Richard Upjohn rim lock roof sash screws second floor shutters side sink Smith Thompson south wall southwest corner space statistical analysis surface tower stair Upjohn addition vertical wall of room wall Recept wallpaper water closet west wall whitewashed window wire wood woodwork
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Página 275 - Restoration means the act or process of recovering the general historic appearance of a site or the form and details of a structure, or portion thereof, by the removal of incompatible natural or human-caused accretions and the replacement of missing elements as appropriate. For structures, restoration may be for exteriors and interiors, and may be partial or complete.
Página 275 - Preservation means the act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing terrain and vegetative cover of a site and the existing form, integrity, and material of a structure. It includes initial stabilization work, where necessary, as well as ongoing maintenance. (k) Preservation Maintenance means the act or process of applying preservation treatment to a site or structure.
Página 209 - The inventor does not claim the rack-and-pinion movement, or the crown-wheel and segment ; but what is claimed is the improvement upon William Fenton's Patent Register, which consists in the improved method of maintaining the connecting rod in its proper position, substantially as described, namely : at the bottom, by a prong or prongs of the rod inserted into and working in cast raised openings on the fans or valves, and at the top by a slot or otherwise in the register front, together with the...
Página 275 - Better preserve than repair, better repair than restore, better restore than construct.' 4. It is ordinarily better to retain genuine old work of several periods, rather than arbitrarily to 'restore' the whole, by new work, to its aspect at a single period.
Página 26 - Viz first that out of avails of the sale of Lindenwald there shall be reserved & paid over to my son Smith Thompson his heirs or assigns the sum of Seven Thousand five hundred dollars in full satisfaction for his advances towards the expenses incurred by the additions to and improvements upon the dwelling house...
Página 27 - Secondly, that upon the sale of Lindenwald the preference shall be offered in succession to my sons, beginning for the reason above assigned & no other, with the youngest, if the son accepting the same is willing to pay therefor as much as the place can be sold for in the market.
Página 26 - ... otherwise, as may be proper, any contracts for the sale of lands, made by me, which shall be outstanding at the time of my death. "Lastly. I hereby give, devise & bequeath to my three sons Abraham, John & Smith Thompson all the remainder & residue of my personal estate not required for the purposes of my will under the provisions above made & all my real estate wheresoever situated, to be equally divided between them, To have...
Página 246 - General. Means shall be provided to disconnect all conductors in a building or other structure from the service-entrance conductors. The disconnecting means shall...
Página 158 - Arch Anse de punier is a French term for an arch whose curve resembles that of the handle of a basket : also called basket arch. It is formed by a segment of a large circle continued left and right by two segments of much smaller circles.
Página 275 - The restoration of a historic structure to reflect an earlier period of its existence usually involves the impairment or destruction of some of its original fabric and a degree of conjecture in the replacement of missing fabric. Alterations to a structure are often of historical or architectural value in themselves and convey a desirable sense of evolution over time. No matter how well conceived and executed, a restoration will be an artificial modern interpretation of the past rather than an authentic...