The Hermitage, Home of Old HickoryHorn, Stanley F.
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The Hermitage, Home of Old Hickory
Horn, Stanley F.
Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.); Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Hermitage
Framing 22 sqr of joists at 75c 16.50
” 15 sqr of shingling at $2.50 37.50
Laying 10 sqr of poplar flooring at $2.50 25.00
180 feet of washboard at 10c 18.00
2 chimney pieces at $10 20.00
3 doors cased with pilasters at $12 36.00
4 18-light windows with shutters at $16.50 66.00
1 Venetian window 16.00
100 feet of cornice at 50c 50.00
$2,396.30
Add one-fourth for boarding 599.07
$2,995.37
See estimate of lumber 804.63
$3,800.00
Add for pulleys, weights, cord, hinges and screws 150.00
$3,950.00
Article 4th. The main stairs to be circular, or geometrical, the work to
be done in the best and most approved style. A private staircase from
the room below called the steward’s room to the chambers above, a
folding door in the rooms north as you enter the passage below, a door
from the room to the President’s office, with a small passage spoken of
by the said Andrew not yet determined on. The front and back porch to be
finished as before, the columns of the former to be fluted and the
cornice and so forth to correspond with the estimate annexed. The east
wing, office, steward’s room and passage to the garden to be finished on
the former plan. The said Andrew furnishing locks for the building,
using such of the old ones as will answer for the upper story and
furnishing new ones for the lower, Reiff and Hume putting on all the
locks.
Article 5th. The said Reiff and Hume agree to take and put into the
second story any of the old work saved that may be thought to serve to
answer and pay the value of the same. They also agree to take all the
lumber, plank, etc., that the said Andrew has now on hand as cash paid
in part of his contract.
Article 6th. It is hereby understood that the said Reiff and Hume bind
themselves to make a complete finish of the carpenters’ work of the said
building, pay all expenses of turning, using cedar timber where it is
necessary, the contract to be fulfilled agreeable to the plan given, and
to the express understanding made and agreed upon in the presence of
Col. Love and Robert Armstrong.
Article 7th. The dimensions of the rooms, the size of the windows, and a
minute description of work to be done is not mentioned in this article,
but it is understood by the parties in the presence of the above named
gentlemen.
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