Additional Information

Description: Wide tongue and groove attic flooring. Some planks have the old beaded edge. 700+ square feet. Not kiln-
dried. Sold as one lot. Surface de-nailed. Contained antique square cut nails.

Origin: Martinsburg, PA
Building: Old Pennsylvania farmhouse. circa 1850.

Artifacts:

• Small red stave wood barrel with bung.
• Dr. J. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters glass bottle
• Fragments of advertisement for Shawnee Indian Chippewa. Cure for Consumption.
• Board for kitchen door to keep baby in.
• Old box tag. Electric co.
• Original wide baseboard and stair treads available.

Are there more limited editions from same property: Yes. Plank flooring from 1st and 2nd stories and all the white siding
from the outside of the house.

How many artifacts may be selected by buyer of Limited Edition #101: No more than 2.

Interesting details:

• During the dismantling process, the following note was found hand-written inside a closet- “This house was built
  June 4, 1859”. (Request photo)
• The original Smith family that lived here attended the Dunkard Brethren Church. The Smith family donated a one
  of their fields to build a church. That church is still standing and today 170 years later, still carries the name
  Smithfield!
  Charles Schwab grew up in Williamsburg, just 10 miles down the road. He was president of the Carnegie Steel
  Co. and later of the U.S. Steel Corp.