My Project
143 Sixth St, my house's mirror twin, in the past.
Picture of the twin's pedestal.
The goal.
The goal.
Best matching is 159 Sterling Ave.
The one we had planned to copy.
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The one we had planned to copy.
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The inset rectangle on the pedestal will be painted Garrison Red. The use of quarter-rounds makes the pedestal Roman in design. The balusters will butt up against the pedestal. Click images for larger image.
Pedestal
Baluster
Balustrade Cross-Section
The Houses
There are only 12 buildings in the Village with sawn balusters. There were a lot more originally, but the balusters rotted and were hard to replace.
Note there is rarely a partial baluster. The first two are the same.
Addresses for the 12:
527 Main St. The Ebenezer W. Case House. Built 1850/70. Pedestals have stopped chamfers. Balusters are clearly original.
229 Fifth St. The same balusters as the prior house, but look new. The railing has been replaced. Likely more is new. See picture of entire porch.
101 Front St. The 1840 Old Schoolhouse Museum. Trying to imitate turned balusters. The pedestal is higher, as there is no column above.
717 Main St. Lacks pedestals. I don't like the boards behind the balusters that show through.
639 Second St.
126 Center St. Done recently. The balusters should be touching each other. Spacing them out got the balusters to all be whole. Sloppy work on the hole cutout. See drawing above on how to properly contruct a pedestal with a hole. See picture of entire porch.
159 Sterling Ave.The post pedestal is the closest to what 143 Sixth St had. Has stopped chamfers on pedestal. Similar pedestals also seen at 440 Sixth St (circa 1890-1897) and 447 Sixth St (new pedestals).
500 Main St. The house is on the walking tour. The porch was added between 1890 and 1897. There are four 8-sided columns.
422 First St. I don't think one can call these balusters. But they were saw cut. That's poison ivy under the balustrade.
211 Fifth St. All of this is new. They aren't individual balusters, but a single board. That is a stock post. They missed adding a pedestal. No mahogany railings in the 19th century. The house is now obscured in Google Streets.
305 Fifth St. NW corner of Brown St. House is circa 1890. The design of the saw cut is to look like a turned baluster. Has a partial baluster, which is not common.
413 Wiggins St. These could be new. Or in awfully good condition.
