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1/15/53
NOTES ON COHEN HOME
The first floor is divided into seven rooms and bath. On the east
side of the hall is a living room, adjoining this what would be called a
study, then the dining room, a pantry aid the kitchen. On the west side
of the hallway is a so-called reception room, two rooms that would be
classed as bedrooms, a small room containing a toilet bowl and bathroom
containing a tub and basin. These rooms are all good sized rooms and
the ceiling height approximates around 9 feet.
The floor is of pine, in fairly good condition needing, of course,
a sanding and varnish refinishing. All of the woodwork is pine finished
naturally. The walls are all plastered walls covered with canvas and
now painted. The woodwork could be cleaned down and refinished. The
walls are finished in a very dark shade and will need two coats of paint.
There is a fireplace on the east wall in the living room and one in the
northwest corner of the dining room. Each living compartment has one
radiator and there are gas outlets through the floor in three rooms.
The second floor consists of four good sized rooms at the south
end of this floor while the north end of it just beyond the center line is
unfinished attic space of no value for living tenancy as the roof timbers
follow the line of the gables on the outside.
There is only one stairway from the first to the second floor.
This is approximately 42 inches wide with an intermediate landing
between the floors. There is one light outlet in each of the downstairs
rooms and one each in the upstairs rooms. There are two light outlets
in the downstairs hall and three in the upstairs hall.
There is a hot water heater at the north wall of the basement
and in the same area 20 feet to the south is a hot water boiler for heating.
The basement measures approximately 62 feet X 44 feet. This
latter measurement will be checked further for correction. This space
is divided into sections that are approximately 20 feet wide and 17 feet
long. There are four of them on the east side. They do not form rooms
as there are no partitions. 2 X 4 studding separates each from the other
end of basement supports carrying the walls of the hallway and various
rooms above. The exterior supporting timbers are 2 X 4's carried around
the perimeter of the house.
These supports carrying the house frame would to some extent
eliminate the erection of hollow tile supporting masonry as it would mean
raising the house and carrying on temporary shoring until the masonry
walls could be installed. It is suggested that this studding could be covered
with asbestos sheets or siding on the outside and this same material or
plasterboard applied to the inside to form fire-resistant material.....
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Sullivan, Maruice J. Notes on Cohen Home, text, January 15, 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1504008/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.