Completed in 2012, the Temple Hall Farm Park Agri-Educational Center was a labor of love in adapting historic and abandoned barns for a new life in public spaces. Two barns slated for demolition were carefully disassembled and rebuilt to make the Center’s main hall and exterior colonnade. The salvaged barn lumber for the main hall … Continue Reading »
This fire sprinkler was found in a house on the Virginia Eastern Shore during a renovation. The sprinkler, labeled as “fire alarm-extinguisher”, is only about 6″ tall. It was found mounted next to an old boiler that was original to the house. The house was built in the 1880s. This model of sprinkler probably dates to … Continue Reading »
Discovered during an excavation for an addition, this underground brick storage vault was most likely used to store ice. Watch the video below and walk inside the vault with us! A stone frame on top held an access door, which was likely wood. The floor, too, was wood, and you can see that it is highly … Continue Reading »