Old House Journal

CORRECTING PIECEMEAL ADD-ONS

,  modest 1839 Greek Revival house grew bit by bit. “Rooms were glommed on as needed,” as the owner put it. The random accretions sometimes created new floor levels, requiring short runs of stairs that were scattered about the house. Doorways were different widths, nothing was axial or symmetrical, and headroom suffered

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