File:Carriage House post 1905 - Garfield National Historic Site (33272676396).jpg
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An architectural drawing by the National Park Service of the carriage house and "gas holder" at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio. About 1885, natural gas was discovered on the Garfield property. A "gas holder" -- a one-story, stone and brick structure with cone roof -- was built. It was a half-octagon on the east (where the well was) and a plank-floored rectangular workroom on the west. A well about 10 feet across was dug about 100 feet down into the earth. As the gas oozed out of the soil, it encountered a pool of water, which trapped the gas. The water put pressure on the gas, forcing it into pipes which led to the Garfield house. There it was used for lighting, cooking, and heatings. In 1893, Lucretia Garfield built a carriage house attached to the gas holder. This consisted of a carriage room -- a rectangular structure set at an angle to the gas holder (its northeast corner touched the northwest corner of the gashouse). Extending north from the carriage room were a tack room (in the south) and two horse stalls on the west and two on the east. An ell-shaped wall created an open shed by enclosing the west and north sides. Between 1900 and 1905, the carriage house was expanded. Two new stalls were built on the north end of the west wall, and the two existing stalls reconfigured to create a large blacksmith shop and a small storage room. Two new stalls were added on the north end of the east side as well. A narrow corridor existed north of these new east-side stalls leading outside. A new wing was added north of the workroom of the gas holder. This consisted of two workrooms against the north wall of the gashouse, and three new work and storage rooms to the north of these. This created an "aisle" between the two wings of the carriage house. It was roofed over, and sliding recessed doors installed in the north wall. |
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| Source | Carriage House post 1905 - Garfield National Historic Site |
| Author | Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Tim Evanson at https://flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/33272676396 (archive). It was reviewed on 2 December 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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