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29-461: MCHS houses the Harry H. Anderson Research Library and a museum. The library collects and preserves manuscripts, records, photographs, and family history information. The museum preserves three-dimensional artifacts related to Milwaukee County history, including paintings, ribbons, uniforms, flags, furniture, and china in a collection of over 20,000 items. In addition to the main museum and research library,

58-424: A hoe for agriculture and horticulture . Two basic forms of an adze are the hand adze (short hoe)—a short-handled tool swung with one hand—and the foot adze (hoe)—a long-handled tool capable of powerful swings using both hands, the cutting edge usually striking at foot or shin level. A similar tool is called a mattock , which differs by having two blades, one perpendicular to the handle and one parallel. The adze

87-427: A pin pole . There are a number of specialist, short-handled adzes used by coopers , wainwrights , and chair makers, and in bowl and trough making. Many of these have shorter handles for control and more curve in the head to allow better clearance for shorter cuts. During the communist period of Bulgaria, a new multi-use woodworking adze, called Теслà ( Teslà ), emerged. It has a sharpened edge perpendicular to

116-566: A design unusual for Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972. Oliver Damon was a carpenter and wheelwright who came to Wauwatosa from Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire in 1844. In that year he built the simple ell wing in the back of the house, using wood from the nearby forest. The 1935 HABS survey describes: "Some of the young saplings were simply squared on one side and used as rafters and joists. Others were hewn and squared with an adze , and

145-509: A form the Damons knew from New England . The shape of the building could be considered Colonial style , along with the front door with its symmetry and sidelights . Greek Revival style could provide the pilasters on the front corners, the cornice returns , and the frieze boards. The diamond-paned frieze windows on the side walls are an uncommon touch. By 1935, the fine house had fallen into disrepair. The HABS surveyor mourned, "...because it

174-490: A human habitation. It is almost ready for the hand of the wrecker." Instead of succumbing to the wrecker, the house was given to the Milwaukee County Historical Society by the sons of Alexander Rogers, a later owner. The historical society restored it, and today operates it as a museum . In 2020 due to the costs of upkeep the Milwaukee County Historical Society sold the property to private owners. It

203-788: A plethora of other cash and subsistence crops . Prehistoric Māori adzes from New Zealand were for wood carving , typically made from pounamu sourced from the South Island. During the Māori Archaic period found on the North Island were commonly made from greywacke from Motutapu Island or basalt from Ōpito Bay in the Coromandel , similar to adzes constructed on other Pacific Islands. Early period notched adzes found in Northland were primarily made of argillite quarried from locations around

232-409: A series of events and online exhibits. In 2012, the Milwaukee County Historical Society unveiled a historical blog, titled MKE Memoirs, to chronicle events and exhibits held at MCHS and to share stories from its archives and collections. The building underwent renovation to accommodate the film, Public Enemies . The ceilings and floors were restored on the main and upper levels. In 2012, a piece of

261-432: Is a derelict of the past, a tumble-down structure in need of paint, because the brass knocker that once graced the front door is but a memory and its sill is worn by the tread of countless feet, it is neglected by the passer-by. The average citizen of Wauwatosa is not alive to the fact that here is an example of the purest type of architecture extant. Today (1935) the house is hardly habitable. It has outlived its usefulness as

290-426: Is basically an adze iron with a directly attached handle. The D-handle, therefore, provides no mechanical leverage. Northwest coast adzes are often classified by size and iron shape vs. role. As with European adzes, iron shapes include straight, gutter and lipped. Where larger Northwest adzes are similar in size to their European counterparts, the smaller sizes are typically much lighter such that they can be used for

319-512: Is depicted in ancient Egyptian art from the Old Kingdom onward. Originally the adze blades were made of stone, but already in the Predynastic Period copper adzes had all but replaced those made of flint. Stone blades were fastened to the handle by tying and early bronze blades continued this simple construction. It was not until the later Bronze Age that the handle passes through an eye at

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348-623: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Lowell Damon House is the oldest in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. It was built by Oliver Lowell, who came to Wauwatosa from New Hampshire, and his son-in-law, Jonathon Wainwright. Lowell Damon, Oliver's son, added on to the house in 1846. The MCHS hosts events throughout the year, including educational programs, fundraisers, and a Civil War reenactment and an arts and crafts fair at Trimborn Farm. The MCHS celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010 with

377-523: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm is also a State Historic Site and designated Milwaukee County Landmark. Property highlights include: The Jeremiah Curtin House is an unusual stone building built in 1846. The boyhood home of noted American linguist and folklorist Jeremiah Curtin , it was later sold to the Trimborn family and has remained part of the Trimborn estate ever since. The house

406-539: Is no longer a museum. https://www.milwaukeemag.com/oldest-home-wauwatosa-now-new-owners/ [REDACTED] Media related to Lowell Damon House (HABS) at Wikimedia Commons Adze An adze ( / æ d z / ) or adz is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Adzes have been used since the Stone Age . They are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking , and as

435-454: Is similar in form to a European adze with the haft constructed from a natural crooked branch which approximately forms a 60% angle. The thin end is used as the handle and the thick end is flattened and notched such that an adze iron can be lashed to it. Modern hafts are sometimes constructed from a sawed blank with a dowel added for strength at the crook. The second form is the D-handle adze which

464-638: The Colonial Williamsburg cultural center in Virginia , United States. However, the traditional adze has largely been replaced by the sawmill and the powered plane , at least in industrialised cultures. It remains in use for some specialist crafts, for example by coopers . Adzes are also in current use by artists such as Northwest Coast American and Canadian Indigenous sculptors doing totem pole carving, as well as masks and bowls. "Adzes are used for removing heavy waste, leveling, shaping, or trimming

493-523: The Marlborough and Nelson regions. At the same time on Henderson Island , a small coral island in eastern Polynesia lacking any rock other than limestone , native populations may have fashioned giant clamshells into adzes. American Northwest coast native peoples traditionally used adzes for both functional construction (from bowls to canoes) and art (from masks to totem poles). Northwest coast adzes take two forms: hafted and D-handle. The hafted form

522-910: The MCHS owns three historic house museums and one historic site: the Lowell Damon House in Wauwatosa ; the Kilbourntown House in Estabrook Park ; and the Jeremiah Curtin House and Trimborn Farm in Greendale . The Benjamin Church House (also known as Kilbourntown House), a wood and brick residence, was built during 1843–1844 by a pioneer carpenter of that name in Kilbourntown, a settlement on

551-616: The Mouth ceremony , intended to convey power over their senses to statues and mummies. It was apparently the foreleg of a freshly sacrificed bull or cow with which the mouth was touched. As Iron Age technology moved south into Africa with migrating ancient Egyptians, they carried their technology with them, including adzes. To this day, iron adzes are used all over rural Africa for various purposes—from digging pit latrines, and chopping firewood, to tilling crop fields—whether they are of maize (corn), coffee, tea, pyrethrum, beans, millet, yams, or

580-466: The building broke off and fell onto the street below. Protective guards were placed around the building to protect pedestrians while Milwaukee County decided how to properly and safely restore the facade. The building that houses the MCHS celebrated its 100th anniversary on February 3, 2013. Lowell Damon House The Lowell Damon House is a historic house located at 2107 Wauwatosa Avenue in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin built from 1844 to 1846, displaying

609-412: The cutting edge 3 to 4 + 1 / 2 inches (75–115 mm) wide. On the modern, steel adze the cutting edge may be flat for smoothing work to very rounded for hollowing work such as bowls, gutters and canoes. The shoulders or sides of an adze may be curved called a lipped adze , used for notching. The end away from the cutting edge is called the pole and be of different shapes, generally flat or

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638-772: The desired shape was obtained. It was then fixed to a natural grown angled wood with resin and plant fibers. A variety of minerals were used. Imported steel axes or machetes have now entirely replaced these tools for decades in even the remotest parts of New Guinea. Indeed, even before the first foreign missionaries or colonial officials arrived in the New Guinea Highlands, inhabitants had already obtained steel tools through trade with their neighbors. Stone tools are sometimes manufactured to be sold as curios to tourists. Modern adzes are made from steel with wooden handles , and enjoy limited use: occasionally in semi-industrial areas, but particularly by "revivalists" such as those at

667-478: The detailed smoothing, shaping and surface texturing required for figure carving. Final surfacing is sometimes performed with a crooked knife . Ground stone adzes used to be produced by a variety of people in Western New Guinea (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and some of the smaller Islands of Melanesia and Micronesia . The hardstone would have been ground on a riverine rock with the help of water until

696-404: The handle, resembling an adze, but it is also used like a carpenter's hammer. On the back of the head is a textured poll for driving nails, and on the front is a V-shaped hole used for prying, to extract the bent nails. Some urban legends say that Bulgarian migrant workers always carry their adzes with them so they can do construction work more efficiently due to the lack of Western equivalent of

725-426: The surfaces of timber" and boards. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards between his feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards as they go and leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. Foot adzes are most commonly known as shipbuilder's or carpenter's adzes. They range in size from 00 to 5 being 3 + 1 / 4  to 4 + 3 / 4 pounds (1.5–2.2 kg) with

754-426: The tool marks are still to be seen on many a piece of timber in the old house. Much of this timbering is of oak and black walnut ." This start date makes it the oldest surviving home in Wauwatosa . With Oliver were his son-in-law, Jonathon Warren and other family. By 1846, Oliver and/or his son Lowell had added the stylish 1.5-story front section. The broad front and 1-room depth are unusual for Wisconsin - perhaps

783-504: The top of the blade. Examples of Egyptian adzes can be found in museums and on the Petrie Museum website. A depiction of an adze was also used as a hieroglyph , representing the consonants stp , "chosen", and used as: ...Pharaoh XX, chosen of God/Goddess YY... The ahnetjer ( Manuel de Codage transliteration: aH-nTr ) depicted as an adze-like instrument, was used in the Opening of

812-567: The west side of the Milwaukee River. In 1846, Kilbourntown merged with Juneautown on the east side of the river and Walker's Point to the south to create Milwaukee, today the largest city in Wisconsin. The house, located on Fourth Street between West Cherry and West Galena Streets, was constructed in Greek Revival style architecture with four front columns and symmetry of floor plan. This style

841-562: Was also known as Greek temple or national style. In the 1930s, the house was recognized as having historical value worthy of rescue, with local Cream City brick and hand-hewn timbers among its distinctive features. In 1972, the Benjamin Church House was added to the National Register of Historic Places . Trimborn Farm is a Victorian era estate located in Greendale, Wisconsin. Spanning 7.5 acres (18.5 hectares) and nine buildings, it

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