Hi Guys,

Hope this posting is relevant ...

Several years ago, we documented a small timber-frame residence in 
southeast Illinois, just north of St. Louis.  Although it is a 
relatively typical, hand-hewn timber frame structure, probably dating 
to the very early 1830s, the use of brick nogging was somewhat 
unusual for the region.

At least around this region, brick nogging is usually considered a 
"German" trait, but the builder of this structure was basic Upland 
South, non-German from Kentucky, and the framing is not in the 
typical German pattern ...  What we found most unusual is the oddly 
discontinous nature of the nogging. It does not extend fully to the 
second floor plate, and it does extend above or below the window 
openings. If the nogging was there for weatherproofing, the 
termination below the plate seems counterproductive.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or references that anyone 
can provide that would help document non-German nogging examples or 
help explain what I am seeing, as architectural history is not my 
area of expertise ...

http://yfrog.com/6xp4240053j

Thanks in advance, Mark
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Mark C. Branstner, RPA
Historic Archaeologist

Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL 61820

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