Seaside Series: Jonathan Fisher House
July 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Traditional Door Joining Demonstration
Nevan Carling, a board member at the Jonathan Fisher House in Blue Hill, will present a demonstration of traditional door joining using historical tools and techniques.
How did one build a door from raw materials before power tools? Early white settlers in the region, such as Rev. Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, used hand tools to convert the natural materials around them into their homes. Nevan will demonstrate the techniques used back in the 18th and 19th centuries, which are still alive in traditional building today. Nevan Carling is a preservation timber framer specializing in the research and repair of historic buildings.
The Fisher House, located at 44 Mines Road in Blue Hill, is a plank-on-frame home built in 1814 by Rev. Jonathan Fisher, Blue Hill’s first settled minister. Today the house is preserved as a museum, and is open for tours Wednesday-Saturday from 1-4pm with no appointment needed, through the summer. Fisher, a polymath with many talents, designed and built much of the house himself, as well as the tools used to create it and the furnishings housed within. He was also a talented artist, writer, linguist, theologian, and scientist. Learn more about Jonathan Fisher and the Fisher House on their website and Instagram.
The rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL, 64 Main Street.