Gettysburg Doorscape, Part 2
Seth Hinshaw, 2/12/2019
This post covers doors in Gettysburg from the very late nineteenth century. Some of the doors shown here may date to the very early twentieth century, as some door types flowed into the new century.
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This image shows a rowhouse in Gettysburg. Note the door accessing the center unit. It is a rare four-panel door with two vertical panels over two horizontal panels, a door type that I wrote an earlier blog posting about. This door was produced in the 1890s. |
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The photo here shows the lower panels on a sash door. The panels have a decorative chamfer around each edge. This type of treatment was found throughout the 1880s and 1890s. |
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At first I thought that the door on this house was a replacement unit. However, the building was constructed with running bond brick, and the architrave has the same paneling as the door. The standard five-panel door is not usually an exterior door, but apparently the builder wanted to do something different. |
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This two-leaf door features fortified panels, a treatment that was used during the years 1875 to 1900. The fortified areas include pyramids in the corners and molded trim. Inside the fortified panels, the door has beadboard installed diagonally. The lock rail of the door features a single row of short spindles that one might also find on a porch from this time. |
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In the late 1880s, millwork companies began to produce doors with muntiple small panels. This door is an example of these multi-paneled doors. Note that the two-leaf entrance has two sizes of panels. The accompanying porch creates a pleasing appearance even today. |
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In the 1890s, doors with unusual panel configurations multiplied. This door is a forerunner of what I call "runaround" panels. |
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This is a remarkable Cottage Door (type 1). The light is inset inside a frame with pressed wood features on all sides. Below, the upper row of panels includes an elongated Leader panel in the center. The narrow cross-panel gives the door the feeling from the first decade of the twentieth century. |
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This two-leaf Front door is very interesting. Each leaf features four small square panels with a circle in relief in the center, and a recessed circle surrounds each of these small panels, pressed into the adjacent stiles and rails. The lower panels feature a Queen Anne style curved bracket in profile. |
Earlier blog posts
8/28/2020 Chicago Millwork Supply Company catalog of 1931
10/6/2019 History of Hinkle & Company (1833-1870)
9/17/2019 History of Mulliner Box & Planing Company
6/3/2019 J.R. Quigley Plant, Gloucester City, New Jersey
4/23/2019 Cleveland Cottage Door
4/13/2019 Trenton historic door #2
4/10/2019 Trenton Doors #1
3/6/2019 Pressed Wood Door Knobs
2/23/2019 Gettysburg Doorscape, Part 4
2/18/2019 Gettysburg Doorscape, Part 3
2/12/2019 Gettysburg Doorscape, Part 2
2/9/2019 An Introduction to the Gettysburg Doorscape
1/22/2019 The Blake Latch
1/19/2019 Rare Four-Panel Door of 1890s
1/5/2019 Cast Iron Rim Locks
12/28/2018 Inaugural Blog Post