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After the demolition, mortises found on a large girt provided evidence that the southern portion of the cellar was divided into two spaces by a frame partition.  Several larger mortises and pairs of smaller mortises found on the girt near the exterior walls also revealed that at one point there were three doors in the partition; a larger central doorway and two flanking doors at either end.  The mortises that were not used for doorways were filled by smaller, vertical studs which were anchored at the bottom by a long missing wooden plate.  The mortises were also used to determine the width of the missing studs.  However, evidence found in the whitewash on brick walls at either end of the partition was used to determine their depth. 

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A measured drawing detailing the mortises on a ca. 1764 girt found in the cellar's ceiling framing that showed where the studs and posts had once been located.