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Show Page 1 of2 Cory, When demolition on the rear wing was done, there was clear evidence of an earlier winding stairway in the NE comer of the that section of the house. The upper floor framing was headered off to form an opening in the upper floor, and joints in the plaster indicated where a winding stair stringer had been located. The stair was located in the comer adjacent to the main wing stair hall, an unlikely location for a 'rear stair'. It seems most likely then that the rear wing existed alone with that stair as access to the upper floor. That's the physical evidence. I'm not sure Elizabeth's article actually states otherwise, but as 1 go back and browse her article, 1 notice other statements at odds with Carol Edison's most recent research and review with Randy Dixon. You may want to discuss it with Carol further, or have Elizabeth and Carol compare notes. 1 do feel the evidence of a stair in the rear wing was pretty conclusive. The jump to saying it was built first is certainly an assumption, but 1 think a logical one. Steve -----Original Message----From: Cory Jensen [mailto:cjensen@history.state.ut.us] Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 2:20 PM To: stephen.england@ci.slc.ut.us Subject: Re: Chase House plaque Steve, As Roger and 1 were reading through the text for the marker, we noticed that it says that the rear wing of the house (the 1112 story section) was the original portion, is that correct? Elizabeth Giraud wrote an article for our magazine, which 1 guess says something different (I haven't seen the article), but is the info. for the marker correct? Also, Roger said he got your zip disk with the scanned photo on it - he's still waiting for it to open! Actually, I think someone has a program in our office that can open it faster, but he wanted me to let you know. Thanks, J. Cory Jensen Architectural HistorianlNational Register Coordinator Utah State Historic Preservation Office 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 8011533-3559 FAX 8011533-3503 cjensen@history.state.ut.us file:IIC:\Documents and Settings\cjensen\Local Settings\Temp\GW} 0000 I.HTM 12/29/2000 |
