Down the street from St. Mary's Cemetery is F.J. Fuller's house at 80 Hall Place. He was the owner of Fuller Quarry. He built this house in 1886 as you can see on the inlaid stone walkway. He incorporated granite mistakes and scrap pieces of stone wherever he could. The present owner told me that nothing was wasted in the granite business. A good example is the Solomon Willard Memorial. Enlarge the picture to look at the front stairs . . . they are all different . . .different granite . . . different edges . . . and different sizes. Fuller made them work as his front stairs and they've lasted more than 120 years!
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The mortar on the foundation and stone wall is mostly original and unusual in it's convex application. Don't you love the stone arches in the foundation?
4 comments:
it looks very pretty!! a nice cousy place
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Interesting post. I like the idea of not wasting anything. Photos are interesting too. Especially that large one.
I also saw some stone carving still being done in India using hammer and chisel and liked it. I have done some of that in my lifetime but never got beyond doing names for my dogs tombstones.
Fun post! I like how they played with the address. Crafmanship made fun.
This is a pretty house. I think it will be cosy during this time of the year.
Alex
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