Preliminary Review 2-26-09

1. Old Brick House 1845-1850 exterior masonry & interior plaster preliminary review 622 Bayview Street Biloxi, MS

2. Perimeter brick wall: street brick laid in lime mortar – a combination unique to port cities.

3. The end walls are 16 inches thick – 4 brick wythe; the front wall is 12 inches- 3 brick wythe, but the unfortunate loss of the front wall is because of inadequate load-bearing pressure and not wall thickness. Note the material loss from each end of the building is similar in distance from each corner.

21. Two generations of mortar repairs since original construction – Note the original 1845 mortar attached to the upper corner of the bricks inside edge.

22. Brick bedding mortar sample removed from this interior location

24. 2- coat plaster application at this location. Animal hair in scratch coat lines up with period practice

25. 3-coat plaster application at this location – dark gray scratch begs the question of 1845 mix?

26. Same wall 2 feet lower - compare colors to exterior non-original repairs