This series begins with a ca. 1930s image by local photographer Manuel Goulart. Situated on the corner of Dartmouth and Rockland Streets, the 1762 Akin House was a fascinating subject […]
The Eighteenth Century Cape Cod Post and Beam — Merging the Old with the New: Part 1. Read More »
The featured image above is the “original” fireplace and cooking hearth with beehive oven in the great room/kitchen/gathering place of the Akin House. This restoration was completed in January 2018
The Anatomy of an Eighteenth Century House Center Chimney, Part 4. Read More »
This is our last blog for 2017. And what a year it was! Preserving Dartmouth’s Heritage from the Foundation Up Our mission statement is never truer than the work we
The Anatomy of an Eighteenth Century House Center Chimney, Part 3. Read More »
If these supporting timbers could talk. Our featured image above along with detailed photos show a sampling of really, really old timbers used by the original builder to support the living
Eighteenth Century Structural Systems in a 21st Century World Read More »
A Tale of the Beehive Ovens One of the most dazzling discoveries of the original fireplace was the wall oven, also known as a beehive oven due to its domed
The Anatomy of an 18th Century House Center Chimney, Part 2. Read More »
This is the first in a series of photo articles about the discoveries of the Akin House center chimney, its three chimney stacks and fireplaces dominating the three main rooms.
The Anatomy of an 18th Century House Center Chimney, Part 1. Read More »
To our surprise, we found more unusual wallpaper in the sitting room at the Akin House. While it hasn’t been closely examined, nor photographed to the best effect, this recent
Hidden Wallpaper in the Sitting Room, Another Mystery Read More »
An extraordinary room revealed This unremarkable sitting room turned out to be a rare example of early decorative wall coverings that no one could have expected or even imagined. In fact,
The Mystery Behind the Early Wallpaper in the Sitting Room: Part 2 Read More »
The above image was photographed in 2003 showing the sitting room as found during the examination process of saving this house. Please note that this article is in two parts.
The Mystery Behind the Early Wallpaper in the Sitting Room: Part 1 Read More »
The featured image of whitewashed wall boards is located in a part of the house that may have been a small bedroom or birthing room, off the kitchen/gathering room. By
Whitewashing Practices when the Akin House was Built Read More »
The life of this pre-Georgian cape style house spans centuries. As with our past preservation and restoration work which included stabilization from the foundations up, we approached phase three guided by The
Selecting a Historic Period for Preservation and Restoration Read More »
The inhabitants of our 1762 house, still extant in 2017, would have added decorative details over the centuries. Originally constructed with wide pine panels serving as interior walls and whitewashed,
