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Historic Artifacts discovered
During demolition, many artifacts were discovered including an 1800s children’ s catechism bible, a porcelain doll most likely from Germany, an antique bottle of“ Valentine’ s Meat Juice”( used to treat the infirm), old publications from seed catalogues, as well as editions of the Baltimore Sun from the 1800s.
Many walls and floor joists had“ witches’ marks” carved into them. These hash marks or V-shaped marks were commonly done in America and all over Europe well into the 18thcentury. They were carved into floor joists, doorways and windows to protect the people and buildings from evil William T. Jones’ signature.
Top: Witches’ marks; above: spirits and witches. Also discovered was a mummified cat, behind a plastered wall inaccessible to a wandering house pet. This was also a common folk practice, dating back to 16th-century Europe. It was thought that placing a desiccated body of a cat inside the walls of a home would give protection from evil spirits and witches.
Under the threshold of a third-floor bedroom, Tom found the signature of the owner who built the second and third floors, William T. Jones, inscribed in black paint. Perhaps he did so for posterity’ s sake, so future generations would know what a quality farmhouse he had built.
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“ Do we want to keep going, or give up and just sell it and move back to our home in Cabin John? There was a point when I said to Marie,‘ Why don’ t we flip a coin,’” reflects Tom.“ But we never flipped that coin. We loved the land too much. And we certainly could never have afforded a place like this at the time we started renovating it.”
When you undertake a historic renovation you take on a stewardof-the-land mentality.“ It’ s not only the fact that we have this place and that we restored it. I’ m mindful of how they built it back then without
aluminum ladders, for example. They had wooden ladders. And the main house at the top of the chimney is around 42 feet. These guys were installing siding and crown molding with wood ladders! Can you imagine? You know, even with aluminum ladders, as sturdy as they are— and they’ re lightweight— you have to keep moving them around and repositioning them. Back then, their unweidly wooden ladders must have bowed heavily to get up that high. Also, in those days, you cut crown molding with hand saws
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