Sunday, December 10, 2017

Murphy-Bromelsick porch


 The Murphy-Bromelsick house is a hodge-podge of early vernacular styles of wood, brick and stone dating from after the Civil War and the rebuilding of Lawrence.   A small brick 2 room, (maybe “hall and parlor” ?) style, there was a stone addition later. Before the structure was moved it had a small wood addition with a shed roof filling in the back corner.

I did not have long this particular day, so I settled in pretty quickly on this drawing of the north end of the porch rail. Does not show much of the actual structure, but the porch itself is very much like the early days.
This pencil drawing was finished up at home as pencil drawings often are. It was done in a 9x12" pad, but did not fill the whole page.

Here is a quote from historicmarkerproject.com about the house.
“The Murphy - Bromelsick house, relocated to this site in August 2000, is a product of the spirited rebuilding of Lawrence in the decade following the Quantrill massacre. It was constructed in stages between 1866 and 1869, at 909 Pennsylvania, almost 300 yards northwest of this site. Irish and German immigrants built and owned or occupied this structure until c. 1941.“

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