Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog 1903, page 229.
My project:
143 Sixth St in the past.
Picture of the porch's post pedestal
Best matching selected from the below.
The one we will copy at 159 Sterling Ave.
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Below is what I could find. There were a lot more originally, but they rotted and were hard to replace.
Note there is rarely a partial baluster. The first two are the same.
527 Main St. Pedestals have stopped chamfers. Porch added before 1890.
229 Fifth St. The same balusters as the prior house, but look new. The railing has been replaced. Likely more is new.
717 Main St. Lacks pedestals.
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.
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).
422 First 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.
305 Fifth St. NW corner of Brown St. House is circa 1890.
413 Wiggins St. These could be new. Or in awfully good condition.
