Jan and John Maggs Antiques
THE RESTORATION OF JABEZ NEWHALL’S TAVERN
CHAPTER 9 -- OUTBUILDINGS: THE CARRIAGE HOUSE -- p. 2
Sometime during the early part of the 20th century the building had been appropriated for use as a livestock barn. Its exterior had been covered with asbestos tiles, and windows had replaced the original doors. With its roof sagging under the weight of tons of slate and its posts rotten and infested with insects, the timber frame was sinking into the ground, held up only by its exterior siding. We determined that the building was beyond hope of restoration, but carefully sketched details of its original construction so as to be able to replicate it at a later time.
We offered the slate to a local roofer, in exchange for repairs to the leaking roof of the larger barn.
