Existing comment:
The Frame House - 1798:
Constructed on the north side of the Brick House, the Frame House was built to provide room for Gallatin's growing family which by the late 1790s consisted of his second wife, Hannah, and a young son James. The first level served as a dining room and a second as an additional bedroom. This addition did not have a basement.
The wall construction consists of half-timbered framing members with brick infill. This type of construction can be viewed from the Stone Kitchen looking above the dining room door towards the Frame House and on the front porches of the Frame House. Based on archaeological evidence, the exterior wall was finished with a seven to eight inch wide clapboard siding, painted white. Remodeling by later owners replaced or covered the existing siding with stucco. Likewise the interior has seen replacement of woodwork and window treatments with the change of ownership since Gallatin's day. |