Akin House
The Akin House, built in 1762, is pre-Georgian Cape Cod style post-and-beam house. Now part of the Elihu Akin House Cultural Heritage Center, in Dartmouth, the restored house is used as a public space for hands-on learning and educational programming.
To learn more, read Diane M. Gilbert's article about this little house with a big story to tell.Images
Akin House 122: Summer Beam Spliced
Akin House 124: Rafter Foot Repaired
Akin House 126: Bracing West Wall
Akin House 128: Summer Beam Repair
Akin House 130: Summer Beam Repair from Above
Akin House 132: Summer Beam Repair, A Room
Akin House 136: Northwest Girt
Akin House 138: Back Without Dormer
Akin House 140: Interior View Without Dormer
Akin House 142: Fitting in New Joists, A Room
Akin House 144: Front Plate Installed
Akin House 146: Front Plate Inside View
Akin House 148: Looking to Second Floor
Akin House 150: A Room Sheathing Reinstalled
Akin House 152: West Wall Reinstalled, Exterior
Akin House 154: Plaster Behind Plaster
Akin House 156: D Room Ceiling
Akin House 158: D Room Fireplace
Akin House 160: New Sills in Room D, E, and F
Akin House 162: North End Exterior
Akin House 164: Rotted Girt Between D and E Room
Akin House 168: A Room, East Wall
Akin House 170: North to South Rot
Akin House 172: Girt Between E & F Room
Akin House 174: D Room, Hearth and Joists
Akin House 176: New plate, A Room
Akin House 178: Behind Corner Cupboard
Akin House 180: Pocket for Post in A Room
Akin House 182: Installing New Plate on East Wall
Akin House 184: Joint for North Girt to Plate
Akin House 186: New Plate on the Northeast
Akin House 188: New North Girt
Akin House 190: Repair 2nd Summer under E and F Rooms
Akin House 192: New Back Plate, East Wall
Akin House 194: Chimney Girt Post Repaired
Akin House 196: E Room Renovation
Akin House 198: NW Corner Repair Detail
Akin House 200: Typical Jack Support
Akin House 202: E Room Repairs
Akin House 204: F Room West Wall
Akin House 206: Wall Between D and E Rooms
Akin House 208: D Room Looking into A Room
Akin House 212: Preparing Summer for Steel
Akin House 214: Walkway for Guests
Akin House 215: Roof Trim Installed
Akin House 216: Cut Rafter for Dormer and Collar Tie
Akin House 217: Roof Showing Where Dormer Was
Akin House 218: Beginning of New Roof Boards
Akin House 222: Interior East Wall
Akin House 223: Interior East Wall
Akin House 224: Chimney Interior at Peak
Akin House 226: Close-up View of Roof, Southeast
Akin House 228: Replacing Boards in the A Room
Akin House 232: East Rafter Pocket
Akin House 234: Stripping Roof Over A Room
Akin House 238: Measuring Shingle Courses
Akin House 240: New Rafter, A Room
Akin House 242: Sample of Repaired Sheathing
Akin House 244: Cornice Treatment
Akin House 246: Shingling the West Side
Akin House 250: New Flashing Around Chimney
Akin House 252: Front Shingling Complete
Akin House 254: Northeast Cornice Treatment
Akin House 256: Southeast Cornice Treatment
Akin House 258: Window Repair on the South End
Akin House 260: Close-up of Window Repair
Akin House 262: Shingling Front
Akin House 264: Front is Shingled
Akin House 268: North and East Side Shingled
