If the door was shellaced, it is very possible that teh shellac itself gave the door the color it has. Shellac gets darker with more layers and darkens with age. It ranges from light to really deep amber. The wood itself below the shellac may have d…
Oswego, huh? I went to school up there. There are so many great old houses. That's where I found an appreciation for them. If my memory serves me correct, that was the Sigma Gamma house. You probably found a lot of green and yellow all over the hous…
Look two posts up. You may not recognize it because of the abuse it got. The lower right picture is the current progress - restored porch but a whole lot is still missing. The 1916 addition of the right may be throwing you off a bit.