Found Between Walls and Under Floors

July 2014

The top of this fence post was used as a spacer for a wall above the staircase

An old gas line

The top of the stairs were plastered over.......

This finial was on the other side

August 2014

This newspaper was found under roll linoleum in the attic

The previous owner signed his work in 1970

These decorative spacers were one of the many spacers used on the back porch floor

This sheet an pillow was used as insulation, found in a crawlspace in the basement

January 2015

These tools were found between the walls in the front porch.

hand drill 

broken saw

but this saw works!

Another piece of slate from the original roof

Baby doll shoe

mummified corn cob

This was nailed to a post inside the walls of the upstairs bathroom. The Grahams were one of the families that lived in the house. The name written here is Joseph G Glynn Graham, followed by our address

May 2015
The strangest architectural detail found so far. This stone lined 7 foot deep pit is under the back porch floor. Its got a cut-off pipe cemented into it, It may be a dry well, built to collect storm water runoff, or a cistern.

July 2015

All of this was found under the back porch, the room that will be our kitchen

A really old computer cable!

ceramic knob and tube electric insulators 

June 2016

This plate was found in the ceiling in the maids room.

September 2017
We found a Victorian wallpaper border under the drop ceiling in the old kitchen that we thought was original until Pete saw it was glued on top of sheet rock.

October 2017

This ax was found behind the fireplace insert in the old kitchen.

November 2017
all items below were found in the foyer

This was the black painted plaster behind the slate that was mounted in front of it.

January 2018

Pete found this non hinged clothes pin in the wall.

June 2018
Tag for wire found in wall.

March 2019

White people fear (?)

Pete found these wallpapers in rolls. 

An unhatched egg found in the attic

Bits of history
Pete found a couple sheets of newspaper in the attic walls. I managed to flatten them out without destroying them completely. Commentary about these are in the March 2019 entry

June-September 2019
This wallpaper, found at the bottom of the main staircase, matched the one found in the kitchen.