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late 1860's or early 1870's original interior tenement passage door comprised of painted pine wood with four raised panels divided by the lock rail

late 1860's or early 1870's original interior tenement passage door comprised of painted pine wood with four raised panels divided by the lock rail

SKU: UR-21719-15
single original lightly cleaned late 1860's all original pre-fire chicago commercial building interior apartment or tenement room passage door likely fabricated by the c.j.l. meyer mfg. co., chicago, il. the distressed brown paint door was removed from a milwaukee avenue commercial block (containing residential living on the upper floors) constructed around 1869-71 with an athens marble or buena vista stone (quarried from joiliet, ill.) facade. the paneled passage doors were originally outfitted with russell & erwin mortise locks (patented in 1862), along with white porcelain doorknobs and matching escutcheons. the paneled passage door exhibits an allover crazed finish. the original painted treatment consisted of a faux wood grain finish mimicking oak wood. the door's rails and stiles are structurally sound and stable. several passage doors in this configuration available.

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