Last updated / checked ,03Aug11 Wed.

This web page is documenting the construction of a new rock veneer chimney, new rock veneer fireplace, and placing rock veneer on the existing foundation by the J. M. Robinson High School masonry class for the relocated log cabin owned by the Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina.. The cabin is located at 6960 Robinson Church Road and will be the center piece of the historic town park. The chimney and all other work was completed in early May 2010. The last picture, when it is taken, will be of the entire masonry class showing there names and what grade they are in along with a plaque listing all the contributors to this masonry project. The plaque will be displayed at the cabin. Other restored or historic locations around Harrisburg may be viewed at "HISTORIC-HARRISBURG.COM".

 

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9040 10-20-2009 Tue First day of work on the cabin by Jay M. Robinson masonry class. First stone fascia being placed on South side of South East foundation pillar.
9053 10-20-09 Tue South side of South East foundation pillar complete except for grouting .
9048 10-20-09 Tue Starting chimney base.
9050 10-20-09 Tue Worker under cabin.
9055 10-20-09 Tue Jay M. Robinson masonry class containing working on Cabin chimney base.
9057 10-20-09 Tue Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on chimney base.
9071 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class building base up .
9074 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class. Base up 4 courses.
9078 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class continuing on base.
9080 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class continuing on base.
9091 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class filling in Cabin chimney base.
9099 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class filling in base.
9100 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on Cabin chimney. 9083 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on Cabin chimney. Start of second foundation pier rock fascia. .
9087 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on Cabin foundation rock veneer
9103 10-21-09 Wed Jay M. Robinson masonry class finished first pillar. Cabin located at 6960 Robinson Church Road Harrisburg,NC. South side of center South pier finished.
9111 10-22-09 Thur Rock installed on outside of center South pier.
9112 10-22-09 Thur Rock installed on South side of South East pier.
9116 10-22-09 Thur First rock installed on West side of South West pier.
9125 10-22-09 Thur First rock installed on North side of middle North pier.
9132 10-22-09 Thur South side of South West pier complete. 9133 10-22-09 Thur First rock installed on center West pier.
9107 10-22-09 Thur Work continuing on the chimney.
9108 10-22-09 Thur
9130 10-22-09 Thur Starting laying 4th course that will be level with the cabin floor. 9138 10-22-09 Thur Filler brick shown. Almost level with cabin floor.
9140 10-22-09 Thur Work continues on filling in the 4th course.
9151 10-22-09 Thur End of work Thursday.
9154 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on center North Pier.
9155 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on North West Pier.
9161 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on Piers.
9166 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on North East Pier.
9157 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on chimney
9159 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on chimney
9162 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class screening level the bottom of the fireplace.
9170 10-23-09 Fri. Jay M. Robinson masonry class working on chimney. End of work Friday. Hey Teach- Look what we did all by ourselves????.
557 10-26-09 Mon Working on North side of South West pier.
9190 10-26-09 Mon Three more chimney courses today.
9201 10-27-09 Tue Start of 42" fireplace opening. Rainy day- all work done inside.
9212 10-27-09 Tue End of day on fireplace. Both fireplace sides brought up to this level. Picture taken standing in fireplace.
9218 10-28-09 Wed Start of firebox.
9237 10-28-09 Wed End of firebox work today.
572 10-28-09 Wed Placing fascia on South West pier.
573 10-28-09 Wed Placing Fascia on center North Pier.
574 10-28-09 Wed Placing fascia on South East pier.
575 10-28-09 Wed
583 10-29-09 Thur Installing damper.
586 10-29-09 Thur Installing lintel.
595 10-29-09 Thur Opening is now framed.
616 10-29-09 Thur Work continues on the outside at the same time as the fireplace work continues on the inside.
618 10-29-09 Thur Fireplace shaping up good.
621 10-29-09 Thur Damper and header.
624 10-29-09 Thur Filling in behind fire box.
626 10-29-09 Thur End of day - damper in place and angle iron in place. Looks Great
627 11-04-09 Wed Installing fascia on West side of Center North pier.
630 11-04-09 Wed Installing fascia on North West pier.
9289 11-04-09 Wed Filling chimney in behind fireplace.
9293 11-04-09 Wed Continuing chimney fill in work.
636 11-05-09 Thur Working on North East and center North pier. First use of scaffold that later was used for chinking and roofing the cabin. The scaffold was moved and reassembled several times by the Town of Harrisburg.
637 11-05-09 Thur Working on South East pier.
638 11-05-09 Thur installing rock fascia. on north piers.
641 11-05-09 Thur Working on center South pier.
9295 11-05-09 Thur Start of chimney work Thursday.
9297 11-05-09 Thur Town has installed new scaffolding in place. Will require one more section on top.
9298 11-05-09 Thur starting 8th and 9th course.
9305 11-05 09 Thur Completed two courses today- Teach wants three per day.
657 11-06-09 Fri Installing Fascia. on center West pier.
667 11-06-09 Fri Completed South West pier - looks great.
662 11-06-09 Fri Two more layers today.
665-11-06-09 Fri Eleven courses of brick today.
9683 11-09-09 Mon Finishing up inside fireplace.
9685 11-09-09 Mon South East pier.
9691 11-09-09 Mon Filling in chimney.
671 11-13-09 Fri Installing fascia on South East pier.
9749 11-13-09 Fri Putting cement in box.
9753 11-13-09 Fri Pitching 4 bricks.
9754 11-13-09 Fri Almost ready for flue liner.
9967 11-16-09 Mon Tossing 5 bricks 1 level.
9969 11-16-09 Mon 6 Bricks , Record toss with out dropping one.
9970 11-16-09 Mon Record toss - 7 bricks but dropped one, Teacher stopped contest due to safety issues..
9982 11-16-09 Mon End days work on chimney.
9815 11-20-09 Fri Scaffold tag.
9827 11-20-09 Fri First flue liner installed.
9828 11020-09 Fri First flue liner.
9809 11-20-09 Fri First chimney veneer rock.
9832 11-20-09 Fri End of day.
9838 11-23-09 MON End of day. No outside work due to rain. 500 Watt light providing the illumination.
9840 11-24-09 TUE Adding block course number 16 which will be the last straight side before starting necking down the outside.
9844 11-24-09 TUE End of work on Tuesday.
9855 11-30-09 MON Last blocks on side before starting chimney taper. Shown is first flue liner.
9856 11-30-09 MON Face completed. Next will cap ends.
9858 11-30-09 MON Nice!
9868 12-04-09 FRI End of weeks work. Mantle completed except for grout. 1500 watt electric heater in fireplace to help dry chimney.
9869 12-04-09 FRI Mantle completed except for grout.
9876 12-07-09 MON End of work MON. Shows final chimney size.
9876 12-07-09 MON End of work MON.
9905 12-08-09 TUE End of day. Bottom half grouted.
9906 12-09-09 WED End of day. Grouting finished on mantle. Will start hearth tomorrow.
9911 12-12-09 SAT Picture at end of work 12-11-09. Finished Hearth shown at bottom. Object in fireplace is a level.
9916 12-12-09 SAT Picture at end of work 12-11-09. Shows second flue liner. Week has been very cold and rainy. Most days were working inside the cabin on the hearth.
9921 12-12-09 SAT Picture at end of work 12-11-09.
9932 12-15-09 TUE End of work Tuesday on chimney.
9929 12-15-09 TUE End of chimney work Tuesday.
9933 12-15-09 TUE Hearth completed. This finishes up the work on the inside except for cleanup. Remember to use the zoom feature (ctrl + or ctrl - )on your browser to fill the screen with the pictures.
9950 12-17-09 THUR End of work Thursday. Eight courses to go.
9953 12-17-09 THUR End of work Thursday. Will not work tomorrow due to low temperature and snow/sleet forecast.
9970 12-22-09 TUE End of work Tuesday. Additional common brick and 8" cinder block delivered.
9995 12-23-09 WED End of work till after Christmas.
9999 12-23-09 WED End of chimney work for 2009.
708 1-25-10 MON Start of work Tue
712 1-25-10 MON Start of work.
7-15-10 TUE Work in progress.
719 1-25-10 TUE End of work today, 2 more courses laid today and 2 to go. Final height of flue liner.
31 1-27-10 WED End of work today.
35 1-27-10 WED Final cinder blocks. Will install rain shield tomorrow.
36 28JAN10 THUR Installing top rain cap.
42 28JAN10 THUR First rock fascia on chimney.
49 28JAN10 THUR Thanks J. M. Robinson Masonry class.
392 3-8-10 Mon Restarting work after winter stoppage.
406 3-9-10 Tue Continuing Fascia. Finally stopped due to rock not sticking.
392 3-8-10 MON Work progressing.
404 3-9-10 TUE Hauling stones to platform.
409 3-16-10 TUE South east chimney corner.
414 3-17-10 WED North East chimney corner.
420 3-24-10 WED End of work day.
446 3-25-10 THUR Mixing mortar.
465 3-26-10 FRI Chimney looking good.
491 3-30-10 TUE
495 3-31-10 WED J. M. Robinson masonry class.
496 3-31-10 WED Working from lowest level scaffold
519 4-2-10 FRI End of weeks work. May start grouting working from the top down next week.
568-A 4-14-10 Wed Starting on main section.
668-A 4-20-10 TUE Starting down main chimney with fascia.
703 4-21-10 WED End of days work- looking good
719 4-24-10 End of week.
720 4-24-10 Almost finished installing rock.
769 4-28-10 Starting down from the top of the chimney with grout.
874 5-6-10 THUR Chimney completely grouted. Building chimney slope with bricks to transition from large bottom to small top. Final grouting completed on the cabin foundation.
889 5-7-10 FRI Bevel added to chimney.
893 5-7-10 FRI Compare the transition from the 5 block wide chimney base to a 3 wide chimney in above left picture # 769
A group picture with the names of the masonry class students will be added to this web site as soon as the arrangements are made. There will also be a plaque containing all the names of the masonry class when the information is given to the town.
1071-s-375 Finished chimney. Thanks J. M. Robinson High School Masonry Class of 2010.
final
2777-750 13OCT2011 Thur .. Finished chimney and cabin.