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Construction Details
Roof
Under the cupola there were wood shingles indicating that was most likely the original
covering. The roof was currently covered with one layer of asphalt shingles. The
sheathing was random width 5" to 14" and 3/4" to 1" thick. there were 1" to 2" gaps
between the boards. The material was mostly softwood with a few chestnut boards at
the bottom edge.
Exterior
There was no wall sheathing installed. The exterior wall cladding was vertical tongue
and groove softwood, mixed in width from 3 1/2" to 4 1/2". It was nailed with square
nails and painted with a red paint containing lead.
The original window and door trim was 1" by 4 1/2" but had been replaced in spots with
dimensioned pine. The corners were trimmed with one piece 7/8" by 5" meeting
another 7/8" by 5 7/8". All trim was painted with a white paint containing lead.
In the front there was a wooden drip edge extending 4" from the wall separating the
gable siding from the lower wall siding.
Cupola
The cupola was framed with four corner posts resting on the roof sheathing and the
rafter below. Vertical boards were attached to cross members to create the basic shape
before trim and details were added. The louvers were for show and did not provide
ventilation. Two of the vertical boards at the roof ridge were extended below the roof
sheathing and were nailed into the rafters to anchor the cupola in place. In addition,
there were two horizontal braces installed running left to right. The construction of the
cupola roof is unknown.
Construction Details
Horizontal nailers were installed below the cross bracing on all exterior walls. These
were softwood and varied in dimension from 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" to 4" by 4". They were
supported by tenons in the posts but were not pinned. They were used to attach the
exterior siding.
The interior of the lower section of the barn was completely sheathed, walls and ceiling.
Above the section with the concrete floor this sheathing was 5" tongue and groove held
with square nails. The wall and ceiling sheathing in the half with the wood floor was
newer 8" shiplap pine held with common nails. The other portions had a variety of
sheathing types depending on when the remodel was complete and included some
tongue and groove, some square edge planks, and some plywood.
The rafters had a birdsmouth cut at the lower end to sit on top of the connecting Beams.
The rafters were toenailed to the beam with square nails. There was no rafter board or
beam where the rafters met at the top, instead the rafters were toenailed to each other
at the joint. There were no purlins installed.
There were originally sill beams around the perimeter and between the outer and
central posts of each Bent but these sills were deteriorated to the point where it was
difficult to determine any defining joint pattern. It did appear that the outer and central
posts of each bent had a tenon on the bottom end and were originally pinned into place.
The Posts were all constructed of softwood and were between 61/2" by 6 1/2" and 6
7/8" by 6 7/8".
All of the upper Tie Beams were softwood and were 6 1/2" by 6 1/2". The lower Tie
Beams and the Connecting Beams were a mixture of softwood and chestnut, with the
chestnut being used primarily for the lower Beams. They were of similar dimensions to
the softwood Beams.
The sills appeared to be chestnut but none were salvageable and appeared to have
been of similar dimensions to the beams as well.
The corner braces were a mixture of chestnut and oak with the exception of 4 lower
braces of softwood. They varied in dimension from 3" by 4" for the oak to 4" by 4" for
the softwood.
The rafters were softwood, spaced 24" on center, and were 2" by 6".
The floor joists were divided by location. Those running front to back in the upper rear
portion of the barn were 2" by 7" oak. Those running left to right in the upper front
portion were 2" by 7" softwood.
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Framing Details
The original frame was a timber frame structure built of mixed woods. There were 4
Bents. Each Bent had a central Post slightly offset from center.
Each Bent had an upper Tie Beam that sat on top of the central Post tenon, pinned with
two pins. The central Posts for each center Bents was the same height as the outer
Posts, but the central Post for each end Bent was shorter than the end Posts by 1'9"
and the upper Tie Beam was tenoned into the outer Post and held with two pins. Cross
bracing was installed at all interior and exterior corners.
The majority of the Posts had bottom repairs over time whereby a section was removed
and replaced with a 2-3' section of new wood. The rear left outer Post had been
completely removed up to the level of the lower Tie Beam connection and replaced with
a piece of pressure treated 6x6.
Each Bent originally had a lower Tie Beam at the same height but these were cut out
and raised to their current position to support the current floor height during remodeling.
A supporting block was added under the cut Beams, held in place with two 12" lag bolts,
and the Beams were toenailed to the posts using square nails. In some cases the
Beams were supported with a 4" x 6" post added against the original Post.
In the center of the structure the upper Floor Joists were bearing directly onto a Tie
Beam or Connecting Beam. Along the outer wall of the barn the upper Floor Joists were
bearing on a 4"x4" beam raised off of the original Beam with 2" by 4" blocks varying in
length depending on location to match the height of the raised Tie and Connecting
Beams.
The lower Floor Joists had been supported on the sill beams by dropping them into half
tenons cut into the sills. They were still in existence under the finished floor but had
been removed on the side with the poured concrete slab.
The lower level of flooring included a slopped section meeting the location of the
boarded up door in the center of the front side and appears to be the location of the
original entrance.
There were currently three layers of flooring: The first layer of 2"x7" softwood, the
second 3 1/2" to 5 1/2" wide tongue and groove, and the top layer of 5/8"plywood.
There was no King Beam connecting the Bents. Instead the bents were held together
with connecting Beams positioned at the same height as the lower Tie Beams and
upper Tie Beams and tenoned into the posts with two holding pins. In the case of the
joint where the upper Tie Beam met the upper connecting Beams, the Tie Beam was
installed first to form the bent, then the pin ends were cut off so that the connecting
Beams could meet flush with the bent assembly.
227 SOUTH ST BP-2016-0523
GIs#: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Map:Block: 38B -073 CITY OF NORTHAMPTON
Lot: -001 PERSONS CONTRACTING WITH UNREGISTERED CONTRACTORS
Permit: Building DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE GUARANTY FUND (MGL c.142A)
Cat— egorY demolition BUILDING PERMIT
Permit# BP-2016-0523
Project# JS-2016-000874
Est. Cost:
Fee: $30.00 PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO:
Const. Class: Contractor: License:
Use Group: DAVID GIESE 093679
Lot Size(sq. ft.): 23217.48 Owner: NORTHAMPTON VETERINARY CLINIC REAL ESTATE TRUST LLC
Zoning: URB(100)/ Applicant: DAVID GIESE
AT: 227 SOUTH ST
Applicant Address: Phone: Insurance:
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TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING WORK.-DEMOLISH BARN
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