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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Marshall House, post: 314209, member: 4657&quot;]This has been a great conversation! Who knew such things would cause this kind of research?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to try to answer as many questions as I can so stick with me!</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The metal items pictured are from the north porch, a smaller porch on the end of the house, not the main porch.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. There is only one metal stand attached to the step next to the main porch.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Yes, it is true that the Marshalls changed the wood front porch to brick in the 1940s BUT the little brick step that has the metal stand attached to it (both on the north porch and on the front porch) are original to the 1920s, when a porch that extended across the entire front facade was shortened to its current length (i.e. prior to Marshall ownership). The brick step was added so you didn&#039;t have to jump from the main porch to the ground. So to be clear, the brick step on the left of the front porch was there, even when the porch itself was wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. The brick steps that have the metal items attached to them were not touched during the restoration. The brick is original on both steps and the stands were never removed. They have been in the EXACT same spot since the brick steps were added in the 1920s.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. I highly doubt the metal items are fireplace-related. At this point I believe they are purely for decoration.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. If any of you would like to visit the Marshall House, if you give me a heads up on here, I can try to meet you there and give you a special tour of the grounds and the house. Just ask!<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w3fCTeQsMOWU8070QByFn0xxqOGKKYeMWzeZNAMIW5kUXHHp8XzcBtDO9MMDg4VnyEzT3C-9ChKNsRBnJUL_R3jeNv0D_0BiJyPGv1aP3K5cvb_gQkdTRdnRuBUC8UzQNO8IqdOSfav4tgVdtTTCW_U5C2fKSgDAJ3DDz0iJ5lV4azJNp2v6zwnxfLMFQO8-R2JOQAk05dbRE3WLKeW1oBCaaWkLH_V5m2rWqwEPTjSE7SEhLEmSfkV3EDnxJBP_DFdiZv3MUu4qTI7TEsNt6Zt7FmhcUOuPxtZLshcvpXdNBTU-KBWb6DDf_lYMM7ZCpTtRuXfCHHyHWVHMHyzrH6MwHMrVV7ycqIpopBUHvG6da-YEYsxa8Vx2arWb6TXniBl-ualIkPvDJPnm9Glt1NZAhg0dE_Gyb47UJy5txU35i-oMminLGZBspLzHKPKlUcx_6vP_STDVEvDqEnZklKw70awwEvxXIQ_Kc8Z3VFis4n1NRcylUcAGokSI7MQhrd3V-OoaDBaeCvva7nGahT3kUL5_Uj2WeI6Or9rU8FCLnFD56uZPv3kNUtdA75jHiWqslbHGLIiuKyweCTlV8MtKOPwi6UBy3eg-5k8=w1397-h803-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Victorian Porch (1907)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ID_quqW5pPcIrjigv-WfJPF-XleQWXBX9ci2bgohrnAdQdVieWWytQnZL5BkdcbsyqyxB--7DVAFpyW_y7K8Qwp-hI-mFUqJdLP5wECxetU6CKSERXP-V1PCwdd7ftXIEcYv03H80jo-U86cAMpvrVWvXuUnyI5owf-aH7i_YqZszPg99g0eNVfVfTKCEm1GABRUpjyUF7Okcn0UtHM6VPdKfpJUvxrNHId_CFN-cX6u6LXPdJCupXurTYVn_rCxozfEwAXsbAL5Ict8S3gIwYMTzdFMf_Usl9B4Y1UG6y63gezsLwaLN7MxaJwW-71vMOZKXIiAh8xZ8TV5qAL3x1ziI-0Iq0Bx1tD_wowS3q_cjp5k1wxSTy98hF4sPOqH9lLKbnKdaCGH9SHdsGBHi-6iIFIKd9YowFvmzm6aEMlEl6A9wva0UqIB1UsaHhF6RfTskZWuBAxCcd4D_E0kYEQDXbGeELTtPybVri-KjsoL79hAlvbe0wSMrAyF4Q1ZNnOx7LfbKTraRUY0fKwQAClZPX2sXHEXlnyJsBNzHiyXMdN_KE3zK3Eu5LktaBjq12kJyaM6iLmtrANWib5pdxkyb7UFXgln3z43bx4=w1298-h803-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Porch shortened to its current size (c. 1920s)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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