Re: [DL] Western buildings...

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    I suspect that there was a trememdous variation in foundations depending
on the nature of the building, the availability of materials (including
money), the competence of the builder and the local conditions (such as what
the soil is like, whether or not this is a boom town or the like, the local
climate), etc.  Off hand, you could pretty much justify anything from posts
sunk about six inches into the soil to stone foundations (at least in the
case of a bank or some such.)
    I don't know if this will be of much help but why not check out Laura
Ingalls Wilder's Little House series (available from many public libraries).
If memory serves, the books depict the construction of at least three
houses.  "Little House of the Prairie" sees the construction of a log cabin.
"On the Banks of Plum Creek" has a house being built from finished lumber as
does "On the shores of Silver Lake" and maybe also, "Little Town on the
Prairie."  While these are hardly "serious" works, they are essentially
first hand accounts.
          Daniel Gwyn
"No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!"
From "The Mary Ellen Carter" by Stan Rogers (1949-1983)
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Derek Carmichael <dcarmichael@apple.com>
À : deadlands@gamerz.net <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : September 27, 2001 6:54 PM
Objet : [DL] Western buildings...


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>Hi all,
>
>Anyone know what was used as a foundation for buildings around the late
>1870's?  Particularly those in the "Wild West".
>
>I'm guessing stones.  Or possible large stones used as piers with large
>support beams spanning the gaps.  I just dunno...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Derek
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>P.S. I've already posted this on the Terrainmakers list, but figured this
>group might have an even better idea.
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