Horton Grove Door

Horton Grove Door

Timber Frame Material Evidence

This photograph has in the foreground the door to one of the rooms of one of the Horton Grove homes in Stagville. Visible also is the pine flooring as well as the white-washed timber frame that is also brick-nogged as well as the white-washed interior siding.

Hunter S. Rhodes

Hunter S. Rhodes

Hunter S. Rhodes

Object: exact date unknown, likely middle 19th century

Photo: April 5, 2019

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Hunter S. Rhodes

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3036 × 4048
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Color photograph

Timber Frame

This photo demonstrates some of the skill of the timber framers at Stagville. In this one picture alone, one can see not only a great door that to this day still moves easily, closing and opening with no more difficulty than the original installation, but also one notices the pine flooring, interior siding, and brick-nogged timber frame. Of particular note is the brick nogging, which provided much aid to the insulation of the home and the protection of the inhabitants, ensuring that neither weather nor critters would easily find their way inside.