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| Presley Tyler's daughter, Frances Catherine "Kate" Tyler, 1832-1912 |
- The Tylers had to have just about everything they needed to create a farm and to survive right there on their land. So, what were they looking for?
- What did Blackacre look like before the Tylers settled there? How could you find this information?
- Describe the prehistory of Blackacre?
- The old log barn tells a story. Think about its location. Why is it where it is? How old are the logs, and what made them good logs for building a barn?
- Why did Moses Tyler pick a spot on the edge of a hill for his house, when he had hundreds of nice, flat acres from which to choose?
- What about the way Moses’ stone house sits on the land? Why does it face the way it does?
- What influenced Presley Tyler’s decisions on how to design his 1844 house?
- Presley’s house is out in the open while Moses built his house to hug the edge of the steep hill nearby, and they seem to face in different directions. Compare and contrast these houses.
- How do you make a good impression architecturally? (Hint: What was so special about the bricks on the front of Presley’s house?)
- How did we find out about the penciling and Flemish Bond brick work on Presley’s house?
- How can we tell that carriages were stored inside the weaving shed?
- Why did the east wall of the weaving shed survive, and why didn’t the other three survive?
- What clues does the east wall of the weaving shed reveal about the building’s earlier use?
- Why would someone want the inside surface of the logs inside the weaving shed to be rough?
- How are the logs inside the weaving shed put together?
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