11-25-02

Dan W.,
Thank you for the wonderful images of the ruins of the Greek Revival home with
the mud brick nogging. I have forwarded this message to my office at the
Washington County Municipal Center and wondered if you could share the location
of the building, so that I might indicate on our maps at work their location as
well as try to see if anything exists of it. I moved to Cossayuna in 1995 and
became Washington County Historian in 1998. A historic resources survey of our
county was (thankfully!) done in 1976, and I am seeking to have it transferred
from paper to GIS mapping. So any building, past or present, for which photos
are available will be a boon for later researchers. may yours be used for that
purpose?

Again, my thanks to you on behalf of all here in the county.

Joe Cutshall-King
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Joseph A. Cutshall-King
Washington County Historian
Washington County Municipal Center
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Fort Edward, NY 12828
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"Daniel H. Weiskotten" wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> No, Mud Brick Nogging is not about some wickedly fun redneck sport.
>
> I've scanned and posted photos of an example of unfired mud brick nogging
> (infill between timbers and studs) that I saw in an abandoned house in
> Washington County, NY.  I've written up a little report and included two
> links to other information on the use of mud brick as nogging: one on the
> Amana Colonies in Iowa, another an article from CRM, No. 6, 1999.
>
> I've seen several examples of actual fired brick used as nogging in 19th
> century buildings in upstate NY, but this is the only case of actual
> unfired mud brock that I've seen.  I am told that some has been found in an
> archaeological excavation of an old house site in Auburn and the CRM
> article mentions its use in western NY.  I'd like to know more about its
> use, temporal and spatial distribution, etc.
>
> The photos are worth the wait in loading, so be patient.  Why didn't
> someone tell me what a pain it is to scan slides?
>
> http://users.erols.com/weiskotten/MudBrickNogging.html
>
> Dan W.