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See the Places : Historic Sites & Buildings : Peyton Randolph House Smokehouse Reconstruction, page 7
Line drawing of south elevation of Peyton Randolph House roof
By spring of 1998 the smokehouse is almost finished. On the sides facing away from the house and toward the street, clapboards are used to enclose the structure.
The sides facing into the courtyard and toward the house are covered with weatherboard, giving the family a finer view.
Clapboards are riven or split into lengths of four to six feet. Their quality is determined by the grain of the wood.
Weatherboards are not split, but sawn into regularly dimensioned pieces. Its length is determined only by the length of the timber being sawn.
Smokehouse journal, page 1 / Smokehouse journal, page 2
Smokehouse journal, page 3 / Smokehouse journal, page 4
Smokehouse journal, page 5 / Smokehouse journal, page 6
Smokehouse journal, page 7 / Dairy journal, page 1

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