Especially important is the SECRET PASSAGEWAY door! It was saved! Part of the metal clasp is still painted onto the door frame (so I have to work on that) but I have the wooden flip knob (my terminology) which looks hand-carved to me.
I will try to save as many doors as possible for the new house. How cool to grab a door knob that was handled by relatives long ago and to swing open a door that opens into a newly created replica of a room from 1790 or 1830!
I saved this very cool handle, see below... (it was near the top of the stairs on the pine panelling pretending to be a door)...it does look old. I love it. Someone else obviously appreciated it to bother to save it and attach it to the wall. Danny wonders if it was there for Great Gramma Cooley to grab it to help her stability. Here is where it was before I took it off...what do you think? (see handle below)
I always wondered why that handle was there!
Houses contain so many mysteries—especially old houses. Like the door handle without a door. I love the look of those two doors with the recessed panels. Nowadays decorators strive to achieved that ”distressed” look but you’ve got the real deal. And the little crudely fashioned wooden knob. We are very lucky that you love history and appreciate such relics. Thank you, Sylvia, for all the work you are doing.