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do paper for ala preservation week 

do stone for national trust building preservation month 

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on x date around x am the Conway Public Library was damaged in a tragic accident. Two columns and other decorative elements surrounding the original entrance portal were broken into pieces, bits and strewn on the ground, scattered 

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the library plans to restore ... to their original position. 

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start with the damage, on x date around x time, a tragic accident damaged the original front entrance portal of the library and examine restore to the original or vice versa? 

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on x date around x am the Conway Public Library was damaged in a tragic accident. Two columns and other decorative elements surrounding the original entrance portal were broken into pieces, bits and strewn on the ground, scattered 

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the library plans to restore ... to their original position. 

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In previous blogs we have looked at examined the design and construction of the library's stone foundation, here, brickwork here, copper roof here, interior woodwork here, and even the excavation of the cellar here (or put dirt first?)

we can start our study just steps from where the incident/accident occured, 

A memorial plaque in the red room credits the stone work is credited to J. P. Falt, 

The library was built 1900, 

inaguration 1901, 

show how it was grand, inviting, elegant, unlike any building in town 

unique in its construction and details 

copy from the national register nomination available here. 

Tolles book? 

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rock, paper, scissors 

paper to stone 

original library entrance

edifice 

pic of damage then the research for it?

insert pic of the damage, 

the tragic accident left the pieces of the portal strewn, scattered and in disarray 

or perhaps more on the surviving pieces of the puzzles, ruins, 

reconstruct, rebuild, restore (this more positive) 

might seem shattered beyond hope, 

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However, 

even strewn on the ground, the pieces show how it was grand, inviting, elegant, unlike any building in town 

unique in its construction and details 

a close examination of the pieces and an understanding of the ancient rules classical, they followed 

restoration builds civic pride

helps us appreciate what more we could have lost 

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quick but careful work protecting the site with fencing, bringing in small ornamental pieces, 

photos in ds office and jeff desk, shore up the facade, bring in consultants in areas of speciality, engineers, town crew,  police forensics team, 

the library careful work to stabilize, shoring, 

protect elements, even what seems useless trash, shards, that can have a use in the process 

like above ground archaeology, these bits can yield insights and information 

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literally no stone unturned

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Some information, clues, history chiseled into the stone such as the date of construction over the original entrance door

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the scarred facade, damaged, broken reveals construction details hidden behind, 

the accident actually revealed some interesting info 

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add somewhere the project could extend and 

and some stains, and possible leak? 

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restore the chiseled name of the library gold leaf 

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and restore the original door, that has become weathered and faded 

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but we need not rely on physical evidence alone. 

we have a vast archives of photos, pamphlets, even curios, a mascot, remnants, 

only steps from the damaged facade, the original supporters of the library left a legacy 

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flanking a pair of windows are a pair of framed photos of people involved in the building of the library. In the right framed panel, listed as number 2 is "James P. Falt, Springfield, Mass, Contractor for freestone work." 

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His portrait is above. 

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an initial internet image search yields a copy of an ad he ran in a stone industry trade magazine here. 

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overall page from the American Architect and Building News, p. xix, October 28, 1898. 

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mentions red sandstone, the type of stone used on our building. 

mentions the Carlisle Quarries in Springfield, Mass. 

refers to "delivered at any railroad point."

for the library this would have probably been .... Conway freight? still there? 

other archival, including library edition, ancestry 

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map Falt carlisle? or longmeadow? 

neighborhood known as "sixteen acres"

compare with modern gmap, usgs maps...

click on images to enlarge them.  

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Note the Falt stone sheds and quarry northeast of Venturers Pond and another Falt quarry east of Bass Pond. (use paint to yellow or red box these in) 

compare to modern gmap, usgs, etc. 

lidar? 

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we have already contacted the Springfield library and history museum and 

contributed the following 

turn pdf to jpeg using bob adobe 

ongoing research to find if anything remains of the original quarry 

sandstone quarry and sculpting techniques similar to our own Redstone granite quarry, but with some differences. and so we will explore 

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later in career moved to Indiana but according to ads, etc. continued to operate quarry and stone cutting operations in and around Springfield, Mass Armory Street Bridge 

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longmeadow 

steam 

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More information can be found in the a couple rooms away from the photo of J. Falt where we can find a print of the original design, concept design, and info on our architect 

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on the left side of the doors are ... need some bigger wall labels here? 

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the concept drawing of the facade compare with the as built we plan to repair, restore. 

there have only been a few changes over time 

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for example a previous blog here previous blog here. explored some of the decorative copper elements that have been removed. the copper decorations in a previous blog here. 

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then in the files of the Henney History Room, we have copies of the original brochures used to celebrate/commemorate the laying of the cornerstone, inaugration, etc. 

insert covers, pages of those books here 

we also have online version of the Reporter News which followed all of the events, over time

now focus on the mysterious order, the rules, classical 

ancient spanning time, and space, used all over the world, neo-classical buildings, 

temples, palaces, castles 

banks 

bridges 

furniture 

wide range of materials, wood, granite, sandstone, 

examples throughout Conway and the MWV 

elegance, refinement 

cottages, (tolles) 

camps, 

churches 

cemeteries 

schools (such as KMS) 

theater curtains (Maxfield Parrish) 

follies

gardens 

clocks (mantle clocks) 

classical elements inspired by nature

tree, leaves, nuts, lamb tongues, 

while traditional and widespread, the red sandstone of the cpl is unique in the area. only example I know of 

try screen shots from gppt saved in paint as jpeg to show how rules applied

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each layer/section has unique shape/profile and name to id it, match

conge (quarter round)

fillet 

torus (half round) 

fillet 

scotia (ogee?) 

fillet 

torus 

plinth 

math ratios 

tapers in math ratio 

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These two parts are the bottom of the two columns. The only have a conge and a filet. 

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detail 

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detail rotated to the right 

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The base has the torus and the scotia built in. 

check the diameter measurement to see if the columns taper from the bottom to where they are broken. 

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while most of the designs common vocabulary seen in standard pattern books

get into the decoration 

not typical is the shamrock 

how to read a rock 

sham rock 

rock a flower, plant

a rock flower 

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volute shell design, 

egg, dart, beads, etc. 

buy bits to teach this from home depot and/or lowes

insert fuji pics I took there 

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four petals or leaves each with three lobes, central round stamen? 

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compare with other "shamrocks" same or? 

shamrock on top acorn 

then get into construction, simple machines, pulleys, etc. 

three main orders 

add pics acanthus leaves, tied to pic of corinthian columns redstone pic 

tie map each of the three orders to place/s in greece 

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what about the square bit below the volute? 

volute shell design, 

egg, dart, beads, lamb's tongue, etc. 

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top/capital of a pilaster 

matching the one on the left remaining standing 

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need detail photo of that top to match the removed top 

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yellow box showing where that bit goes 

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turn it right side up and photo and fit into sketches to name the parts 

perhaps just rotate that photo? 

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egg and dart, etc. 

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let's take another broken bits salvaged from the wreck 

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do a paint pic with yellow box 

using the rules we know the bottom piece is part of a column, 

and it is the bottom, not the top as the top has x curve and 

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so if search the debris field, search for looking for void shape to match profile

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do up a paint pic with red or yellow box showing the void 

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above pic looks like tapers in to the left so that probably the top of a column and since not have a corner it would be the right hand column. 

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match with line drawing naming the torus, etc. 

and the physical evidence, 

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the capital above does not include the fillet, torus, etc. 

so that would be part of the column 

eagle (whereas the base of the column has the fillet, torus, etc. and therefore the bottom of the column only has, or ends in a conge) 

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another broken bits salvaged from the wreck 

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volute 

do a paint pic with yellow box 

might be tempted to think broken from here 

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but actually never was a volute there, this bit notched to fit into the corner of the wall 

can see this on the remaining standing engaged column here 

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another broken bits salvaged from the wreck 

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top part 

do a paint pic with yellow box 

another angle, 

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