Moving the 1795 Law Office - Part 3
Meanwhile, back in Aurora…
Linda Schwab in Aurora: “While all this was going on, Linda and Rob LoMascolo tackled the pile of bricks from the chimney. These have the slightly rough shape characteristic of handmade bricks and would be of local manufacture, probably on the site itself (a brick kiln was documented just a few miles down Rte. 90, and there were doubtless many others wherever need arose).
One batch of bricks was soon ready to move in a collection of boxes and buckets; Linda and Rob sorted the rest of the pile to discard broken ones and loaded the rest into the Bobcat’s bucket, left conveniently close by. The first batch of bricks went to Patrick Tavern with a little “creative driving” by Linda for easy unloading. Jeff and Rustin returned for the second load: the bundled timbers and assorted odd pieces.
When Jeff returned again, he attached the brick-filled bucket to the Bobcat; Linda and Rob met him at Patrick Tavern for another, and larger, bout of stacking. This resource gives the option of making the east patio of original, local brick.
That wasn’t quite all, however. As Jeff was smoothing the site, he found an unusually large grindstone, used as one corner support for the building. That too is now in storage.
Local hand-made bricks from the law office chimney, now stored in the basement of Patrick Tavern.
Work on the artifacts began with washing and sorting in between the above events; Rob brought his glass grinder to polish off a couple of broken bottle necks and smooth the edge of a plate. On Saturday, Annetta brought the artifacts she had washed, and along with Karin and Linda began work on identification. A growing collection of rusty iron artifacts are at Rob’s shop, awaiting a bath in EvapoRust. More to come!”
Rob LoMascolo with some of the artifacts found in the debris at the 1795 Walter Wood Law Office / Post Office site.