THE GOLDEN ARCHES

Feb. 24

With the snowy weather we’ve been working slowly inside and also cutting next spring’s stone for the facing. All of the arch stones for doors and windows are completed. Twenty-eight wood corbels for supporting the roof soffit have also been made and are painted with a prime coat. The electrician finished with the rough-in of the wiring and we are primed to put up the rest of the plasterboard for thin coat plaster on the rainy days when outside work will be impossible. I am beginning to lay out the stringers for the staircases and we have decided on the floor design for the cupola which will be iron with a grill work to allow the light from three stories above to flood the open staircases which will run through the center of the house. Jim