You are performing a great service to the preservation of history Thank you

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much.

I’m a little jealous of those 2/2 windows. I fully restored our 1830s 9/6 windows… I used alback linseed oil glazing and it was a very long process. 5 x windows 9/6 and 3 x 6/6. Used all old wavy glass from other sashes in vinegar and scraper to get the cloud off the glass. About half were able to be saved and the rest came from my uncles 50 years of sash stash 😂.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Well done. Thx.

Sleuthing my c.1896 farmhouse in Parkton, Maryland and definitely believe the Pennsylvania Railroad would have carried materials up from Baltimore!

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Nice. Thx.

Always interesting as you describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on design. There’s also the impact of box car and flat car dimensions, dictated in part by curves in the rail bed, on the dimensions of pre cut lumber and prepackaged “features”, like fireplaces, cabinets, etc.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

I agree it is interesting. Thx.

Thank you !

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

My 1906 house in Virginia is SO similar to this one. My parlor has the railroad mantle with white oak veneer, mirrored over mantel and everything, while the rest of my mantels are paint grade. My guess is the fancy mantel is original because it would have gone out of style much later than 1906.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

I would agree. Thx.

I love Brent Hull speculations. Let's hear some more from "Hull History"!

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Ha, coming soon. :)

Fascinating, thanks! There's some railroad history on my father's side of the family, my great grandfather was a railroad engineer. What an era to ponder just on its own, but then to understand its impact in so many areas, including building and architecture. Interesting stuff!

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Interesting, good stuff, Brent

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Informative and insightful! It's so fun to get a tour of architecture as times changed.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Oh wow, I swear my parents’ house (1903) has the exact same mantel.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Ok, wouldn't surprise me. They were popular.

Thank you for another great installment.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Always wanted to have a train station style house .

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Life goals.

If you’re ever in Navasota visit the house by the LaSalle statue.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Ok, will do.

About the arches- I can just hear the Brent Hull from 1890 doing a film on "how not to use moldings" and using this house as an example. Some things never change... a builder doing something they think looks good (but it doesn't) and one hundred years later we give them a pass because he was using the products of the day.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Interesting comment. Thx.

@bestbuilder1st

5 ай бұрын

@@BrentHull What I was trying to say was, similar to when builders today just order stuff like crown and it is totally wrong (you have many videos about it), I think the guy who did the arches was just using what was available or doing something he thought looked cool (but wasn't). In my mind, if it is wrong to use the wrong stuff today (like what most of your videos are about, and rightfully so), it was the wrong application on that house in the 1800s. Of course, I could be all wrong, and like my mother used to say: "I just don't understand art"

Tudor not Gothic arch on the artisan made mantle piece.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

ok. thx.

Great video Brent, thanks for your work and your amazing information. Can I just say though, that I find the music in the background really annoying and totally unnecessary.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Noted! I'll let my editor know.

The autoroutes did Kill the beauties of America. Bypassing roads like 138 and 132 in Quebec was the price to pay for what we call progress these days. Like the train back then.

@BrentHull

5 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thx.