Original Gill Doors

This house has some unusual doors which match precisely the original plans designed by Irving Gill.  Most of the doors in the house were a rustic style, though we believe there were also eight sets of French doors in the main house.  Ten of the rustic style doors remain.  Two of those doors in the main house are properly hung.  The little house had 4 rustic doors, all of which remain (though one was moved to a new location). 

Pictures of three of the remaining doors are below. 

Among the white doors pictured below, the door to the left is properly hung (though you cannot see the left side).  The door to the right is hung backwards to the original plans, but this provides us with the opportunity to see both sides in the same picture.  Notice the wooden latches.  The doors latch on the inside.  A string allows you to lift the latch and open the door when you are on the outside of the door. 

      

The doors are hung in an unusual way.  They pivot on wooden pegs.  Below is a picture of the upper portion of the door and one of the lower portion.  The plans call for a hole in the pine flooring; the peg at the bottom of the door pivots in that hole. 

      

You also have to be careful that children don’t mistake the doors for gym equipment.  The latches provide hours of amusement as well.

Comments

[Amanda Rose]

No, the child in the picture is not one of the Peck children, to clarify an email I received. However, he is at least as rambunctious and as equally cute as were Bill and Sevine's boys at this age. The child pictured is a full-time resident of this house. :)