Mark,
I worked on a rural farmstead site in Daviess County, Kentucky, that had a
brick-nogged, two-story frame structure constructed between 1873 and 1878. I
doubt that the family was of German descent. They had moved to Kentucky from
Virginia and Alabama, as far as I can remember. The house burned down in the
1990s, and most of the nogged walls had collapsed. So, I'm not entirely
positive that the nogging was continuous or not. It's quite possible that it
was. The second floor chimney and fireplace remained intact, and most of the
bricks were of the same, hand-made, low-fired variety that made up the
nogging in the walls (with the exception of some fire brick). The nogging
was messily (for lack of a better term) mortared throughout the remaining
standing walls, and it looked like the nogging was haphazardly constructed.
If you'd like to discuss this further, please feel free to give me a call at
the numbers below.
Cheers!
Tanya
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:14 AM
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Subject: Brick nogging question
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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