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Carpenters raised the last frame of the building
season on New Year's Eve 1997. It's an 8' x 10' storage building
that 18th-century Virginians called a "lumberhouse."
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By spring 1998 the lumberhouse is entirely covered
with clapboards.
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The storage building is located at the rear of
the Randolph property. It is not visible from the house. If this clapboard
building seems too rustic for the city of Williamsburg, then consider
the way that most 18th-century Virginians lived.
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If this structure were twice as big with windows
and a chimney, then most 18th-century citizens would have been happy
to call it home. With its brick foundation and wooden floor, this lumberhouse
is nicer than many 18th-century homes.
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