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Kramer
voices
opinion
BY TODD FORTUNE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer ; Peter Krajner took a few minutes last week to speak with the Rappahannock News about his views on the proposed demolition of parts of the “Kramer House” and parts of the Mercantile Building by Sunnyside Farms.
Kramer, who owned the property for a number of years, rebuilt the cabin which now houses Jewelry by Edmond in the late 1970s. The additions to the cottage were completed by the early 1980s.
Kramer says that he is trying to “preserve the fabric of somebody’s efforts from the past.” Original parts of the cottage are the summer kitchen, dairy (now being used as a bathroom), root cellar and smokehouse (now a living area with a loft). Kramer estimates that they date back to the 1840s or 1850s.
The buildings served as support structures for the Clopton House. Kramer believes the cabin housed slaves before and during the Civil War, and functioned as servants’ quarters after the war. The Mercantile building dates back to the early 1800s, while the shed/roof addition dates back to the late 1800s.
Kramer admits that the buildings making up the cottage were in a bad state of repair when he began work on them. He says that the additions were built to keep some scale of what was there before. In addition, some interior modifications were made and a mantle added to the fireplace in the kitchen. The mantle is actually a functioning wood stove.
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