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original and largely intact tall and narrow nicely weathered panted pine wood chicago commercial building store door with hand-painted address applied to glass

original and largely intact tall and narrow nicely weathered panted pine wood chicago commercial building store door with hand-painted address applied to glass

SKU: UR-27583-18
oversized c. 1860's original and largely intact chicago commercial building painted pine wood store door likely fabricated by the c.j.l. meyer mfg. co., chicago, il. the remarkably tall and narrow entrance door retains the original protruding or raised molding surrounding the window pane and single recessed panel at the bottom section of the door. the very unique and hard to find door contains a large rectangular-shaped opening that may originally have held only a single piece of plate glass. when discovered, the opening was divided in two, with the topmost smaller pane containing a shadowed hand-panted street address applied directly to the glass.the original hardware was removed long ago. the door remains structurally sound and stable, considering age. the painted numbers likely date to the depression. the door was salvaged from a milwaukee avenue building constructed shortly before or right after the great chicago fire. only one available. Door dimensions are 115"h x 29"w x 3"d

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