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® 14 1 DICKINSON RESTORATIONS • I-O po d- INSPECTION REPORT CADWALLADER/JONES LAW OFFICE ca. 1830 Cost Estimate Proposal Added January 2,1996 SITE: FRONT(WEST) An 18' x 6' x 3"thick stone terrace borders the front of the office. This terrace has settled at its south end adjacent to the retaining wall. A telephone pole is planted at the outside comer of the stone retaining wall supporting the west side of the terrace. Recommendation: Attempt to get the power company to remove or relocate the pole away from the front of the building. Carefully tamp the backfill in the post hole. Pull the settled stones and reset on gravel beds. Reset stones as necessary to provide drainage away from the front of the structure. Perforate the concrete retaining wall at intervals for weep holes. Dig down 2-3 feet where the settled stones are removed along the concrete wall and backfill with washed 7/8 size gravel,tamp and cover with filter paper before resetting stones. $1,180. +pole removal SOUTH or ROAD SIDE This side of the structure drops away about four feet to a curb and the street(See David Fischetti's engineering report). I don't think removal of the concrete stucco to reveal the dry laid stone wall is feasible because it's removal would cause too much damage to the stone work and still leave traces of concrete on the stones. No charge REAR/EAST SIDE A grassy lawn slopes away to the rear and steeply south to the street from the rear of the structure. There is a stump of a telephone pole at the SE comer of the building. Recommendation: Increase the soil at the slope to the street or build a stone retaining wall continuing the foundation wall to the east. Cut off the post flush or below the finish grade. Soil,backfill,and seed. $ 200. Retaining wall $1,200.+ 4606 HUNT ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 919-732-5439 historic preservation consulting•contracting- restoration construction management