The oldest wood-frame house in North America
Have a close-up look at the oldest known surviving timber-frame house in North America... built between 1637-1641! Age has been verified by dendrochronology testing. The Fairbanks house is located in Dedham, Mass. read more here:
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You know as a prior home inspector I look and wonder at many very old homes. They had no building codes, had no engineers, had no inspections, had little to no foundations, yet these homes still stand. And when I compare them to the new ones built today, with codes, engineers, inspections and are falling apart. I wonder where we went wrong....
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it would be neat to have it inspected today! The settling is amazing.
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