Question: What does this magnificent photograph have to do with melted bricks?
Our work: When William Hazeltine and his wife Sarah built their homestead in 1778 they certainly did not have this image in their imagination. But we, 248 years later, have only this image of their home. From the Canterbury Historical Society archives Luther Cody photograph collection. This one dated 1910.The photo of the house is also found in the history “Staying Small in a Century of Growth” by Kathryn Grover, 2017, page 83.
We of the Cellar Hole Survey study team are still in the process of documenting the stone foundation under this long gone building. There are already surprises. Here are five.
What more surprises might we find?
One more! Keep reading.
The answer to the “Melted bricks” question: As you may have already realized, “melted bricks” signals that the house burned down. We have discovered that a dry, wooden house this size can reach 2,000° Fahrenheit, more than enough to melt bricks. Here two bricks and fragments of a third have been fused together. The shiny areas are where the bricks actually melted.
Our invitation: If you have a stone foundation on your property and want to know more about it, invite us to take a look.
If you want to know more about some aspect of our work, or are already interested in joining the search, the opportunity is here.
Just a couple of hours from time to time would allow you to become engaged in the quest.
We are available at: cellarholesurveys@gmail.com
Prepared by Bill Adams for the Cellar Hole Committee
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