Gutter Glamour

Gutter Glamour

Last week, the EPH crew un-boxed the copper fittings purchased from Gutter Supply as they began the process of re-creating the original type of gutters that were on the house when it was built in 1910. In the middle photo, the crew has erected scaffolding to access...
From Post to Pillar

From Post to Pillar

Restoring the Pillar Facings at the Eikenbary-Pierce House At the close of the work day today, we could start to visualize the finished exterior, so very different from our earlier memories of it as a white house, still grand but sorely in need of repair. The...
Building with Craftsman Techniques

Building with Craftsman Techniques

Project director Henry Pierce put the Porter Cable 4216 to use today. He attached a 12-inch deluxe dovetail jig combination kit to create joints for a display box for artifacts from the house, noting that the items “are best stored in boxes like this.”...
A Little Free Library Is Born!

A Little Free Library Is Born!

Tanya Starkel of Avenue Stone Real Estate brightened our day by stopping by to check out our new Little Free Library and greet project director Henry Pierce III while he was at the porch-pillar reconstruction workstation. Constructed and installed the week of August...