finished (mostly)

there was much joy when the flooring started going in
finally freedom to run at will

and here’s the final product

it feels really good to have it done
we are still waiting on the trim
hopefully it won’t be too much longer

in the meantime we’ve added this to the corner

it’s an old cast iron wood stove
i think it belonged to chris’s great-grandparents
somewhere around the turn of the century

i love finding things like this
and trying to figure out their history

sherman s. jewett came to buffalo in 1834
and worked in a small foundry owned by his uncle
in 1836 he started his own with a couple of other men
several years later he started another foundry
in partnership with another man
2 years later his partner backed out
and jewett ran the company alone
until 1843 when one of his original partners rejoined him
this business lasted another 35 years (1878)
when he formed the house of
sherman s. jewett & co.
with a couple of his sons

he was instrumental in the creation of
the banking industry
the railroad
and insurance companies
as well being active with
the young men’s association
the building of the public library
and the founding of the buffalo fine arts academy
he was also influential in bringing olmstead
to create a park system in buffalo that survives to this day

he was active in both local and national government
and very influential in the development of buffalo
during it’s high times as the queen city

jewett died in 1897
and was reportedly worth $2 million

see i get sucked in by this stuff
and spend a whole afternoon
searching for information
and then i have nothing to do with it
except share it here

(wow – this got way off topic)