| Photos: Capitol Hill |
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| Concept Drawing of the rear of the home. |
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| Other houses in the neigberhood - 2500 ft from the US Capitol. |
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| 1000 ft from the Library of Congress. |
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| And 1500 ft from the Supreme Court. |
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| View of rear of home (before) - ever a home that needs some love on the hill. A Pre-Civil War home that fell victim of the aluminum clad siding/ awning decor. |
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| Demo begins. |
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| Removing the slab and prepping for underpinning . |
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| Old pre Civil War timber framing - look closely and you can see the ax notches - great stuff!. |
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| Old School lateral timber framing. |
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| Old concrete that is getting rid to get shipped to the recycle center to be used as aggregrate. . |
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| Conveyor belt moves dirt out of the basement . |
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| FIrst tier of digging underway - October 15. . |
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| A lot of friggin dirt removal. |
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| Earth Conservation Corps getting er done. |
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| Underpinning begins . |
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| Have you ever seen someone so happy to be diggin out a basement. |
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| More dirt - November 10th. |
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| This machine was made for this space. |
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| Excavating the backyard for the addition. |
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| Old bottles found in the big dig. |
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| This was our favorite find - an old horse shoe - which we are fairly certain belonged to George Washington's white horse. |
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| The good news is that this machine got us down the first three feet. . |
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| The bad news is we need to go down ten feet. . |
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| So the big dig begins shovel by shovel - ten days of straight digging. |
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| Finally we are able to get down to footer depth. . |
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| Shoring up against neighboring property.. |
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| Demolition of the flooring - looks like an old barn. |
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| Joint and tendon framing - circa 1850. |
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| The old lady is starting to take shape. |
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| Taking the back of the house off - second floor master suite. |
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| Third floor office space framed out - the tree house. |
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| Third floor office space. |
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| Curved roof being installed. |
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| Original facade is revealed - boards will be saved for interior trim. |
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