The door as it was:
The door frame remains, with the side panels removed as well as the door itself:
Close up of the framing in the top right corner:
Finally, all the door removed:
The saddle board has since been removed also. The floorboards meet concrete at this point; the floorboards around the front door were no doubt rotted through and removed as a result.
The view down the much larger hallway:
Those internal doors are good for keeping in heat though. There's usually a bit of a draft around the edges of those older doors. Supposedly
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ReplyDeleteWow - what a difference taking that inner (later addition) door down and removing the frame. Yes, I see Brian in 2013 had the same thought I had - it was probably done at some much later date to try and conserve heat and keep out cold air in the winter, as you noted the house was not insulated. No wonder people back then were always pictured huddling around the fireplaces and the rooms were tiny with doors. So different from the way we live today!
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