Build a House the 18th-century way!
Can you help construct a building on the Randolph grounds? You'll need to learn the tools and techniques that colonial carpenters used. Some of these tools may look familiar, others you may never have seen before. But before lumber yards, power saws and sheet rock came along, this is how it happened!

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What's the first step?

• Cut and shape shingles
• Join the boards to frame a wall
• Turn the rough timber into boards
• Finish boards for siding

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