Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902: Valentine's Day

The work begins...

The mantles are removed and put on the front porch

Fireplace in lower-level front northeast room with mantle removed

Lower-level north room fireplace that back up to the fireplace
in the front northeast corner room

Lower-level northeast corner room with baseboards and window trim removed

Lower northeast room looking toward entrance hall

Corner detail of lower northeast room

Upstairs hall showing lathing strips

Upstairs northeast room

Upstairs looking toward front southeast room

Upstairs southeast room with windows removed

Two Hatsell Houses in Beaufort Harbor

Descendants of this early Hatchell family, who first settled on the White Oak River in 1755, eventually found their way to the Beaufort harbor and built two adjacent houses on Orange Street - The Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827 and the Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902. This site is a record of the year-long restoration of the 1902 house - originally contracted to C.C. Guthrie by Charles Ives Hatsell for his bride Marie Ella Clawson. Family history helps us understand the people who called these houses home.

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