Talk:Thomas Wheeler House

John Wheeler House

The Black Rock Historic District nomination form speaks of a "John Wheeler" house at 266-8 Brewster. Is this the same house? Is the name on the article correct? If it is the same house, then it is a contributing property and should have the Black Rock infobox as cp. KudzuVine (talk) 23:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Date of construction supporting architectural details

My brother was one of the carpenters that restored this house. He was there when Abbott Lowell Cummings visited the house. Cummings was called there because while removing an interior wall that was attached to the original exterior wall of the house, they uncovered a casement window frame in situ. However, I cannot find a written reference to this anywhere. If that reference to this casement window can be found and used as a source, it will help to support the 1680, or even the 1644 date of construction. Tomticker5 (talk) 20:45, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Casement windows were used exclusively until the early 18th century, and commonly until the mid-18th century. Cummings passed away a few years ago; maybe his papers have been donated to Yale, or Historic New England? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Old houses (talk • contribs) 21:09, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't see any information on this house anywhere. The current casement windows in the house are obviously new, but if there is documented evidence of casements, then it's a strong indication of a pre-1750 date; if there are first period features inside the house, then pre-1730 is likely.Old houses (talk) 20:48, 2 May 2021 (UTC)