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 ---------------- Joseph A. Cutshall-King Washington County Historian Washington County Municipal Center 383 Broadway Fort Edward, NY 12828 Tel.: 518-746-2178 Fax: 518-746-2219 E-mail: [log in to unmask] HOME: PO Box 154 693 County Route 49 Cossayuna, NY 12823 Bus. Tel./FAX: 518-692-0022 E-mail: [log in to unmask] "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.