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Mrs. Ann Tatum
March 16, 1995
Page 6
between the family room and the den. There has been considerable weathering of the plaster
at the very top where the one and two-story parts come together. These are a series of en-
echelon cracks as opposed to a single crack. The width of the crack zone is a foot or more,
with cracks more pronounced toward the top.
The windows and doors on the outside of the family room have hairline type cracks. At the
door there is one that goes top to bottom that appears relatively recent compared to some of
the others, but this has less than 1 /8" width. The cracks appear marginally wider near the
top, so that there may be a little more stretch at the top than at the bottom. There is a lawn
around the house and some flagstone walks. There is a fall of at least a foot in the first 10
feet away from the home along the north wall. There is a flagstone walk along the entire front
of the home and abrick-lined flower bed. The overall fall here is flatter, maybe 6 inches in the
first 10 feet.
In the front porch area there are noticeable cracks inside the residence. The same cracking
exists very dramatically inside the porch with a 1 /4" width crack extending up the northeast
side of the porch above the lintel. There is a similar crack in the southwest. Here the crack
goes from about 2 feet above ground up to the ceiling, widening from hairline at the bottom
to about 1 /4" at the top. There are a series of en-echelon tears that extend up to a foot out
from the wall itself, giving the impression that the front wall has pulled away. There are other
assorted cracks in the various corners of the porch area.
At the south side of the house there is a walled-in garden. There is a minor ground slope
away from the house. There maybe some minor reverse slope toward the house in the area
neM to the covered porch. However, there are no roof downspouts in that area. Where the
roof scupper discharges, the drainage is slightly better, but it doesn't look like it has changed
for a long time. Photographs taken in the area in the 1930's show the patio wall. It appears
that drainage here is not a changed condition which could lead to renewed settlement. There
are minor shrinkage cracks in the patio and garage walls, particularly in the fire place area at
the south end of the covered patio.
SITE SETTING
The home sits on a promontory that extends northland, into the Purgatoire River. The river
meanders to the north and then back to the south around the residence. The residence is on
a terrace.
There appear to be three distinct terraces near the residence. The lowest is the modern
steam level, which is found to be north, below the residence. The residence sits on an
intermediate terrace. There is a higher terrace between the residence and the hillside south
of the valley. West of the home in the farm yard area, there is a roadway ramp down to the
lower terrace. The terrace materials on which the house rests are exposed and are gravelly
river cobble materials.
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