Wednesday, November 15, 2017

More on the company houses

The short row of scratch-built company houses I originally posted a week ago have all been refinished to reflect the stark similarity that would have been evident when the Copper smelter was a going concern, and before the houses were sold into private ownership.
 


As was the case with the copper smelting complex itself, it was not my intent to faithfully duplicate the original buildings of the Quincy Smelter, but to rather use them as the inspiration for my interpretation. As such. I designed these three structures as an amalgam of the two prototypes shown in the historical images below.


 All will be outfitted with privies out back and their foundations will be planted into the hillside, with steps added up to the front porches. It's time to give them a rest and onto something different.

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