Builder Specifications Gallery

  • Office of Henry S. Moul at 405 Warren, Hudson, NY (Photo from the Collection of the Columbia County Historical Society)
  • Detail of Hudson house c. 1895; frieze decorations from E.L. Roberts & Co. General Catalogue, 1908
  • Comparison of Hudson house (detail c. 1895) with three other local Moul-built homes.
  • The Hudson house gable. Similar shingles were sold by Segelke & Kohlhaus Mfg. Co., 1911-12.
  • Examples of Palladian windows at the Hudson house and at two other local Moul-built homes.
  • A similar porch arrangement and rafter ends were sold by E.L. Roberts & Co., 1890s-1910s.
  • Similar patterned window panes were sold by E.L. Roberts & Co.,1890s-1910s.
  • By the 1890s railroad infrastructure made it affordable to ship catalogs and products across the country and Brennen's art glass windows were as likely to come from the many factories in Illinois or Ohio as they were from the nearby art glass centers of Brooklyn or Rochester. This catalog detail is from the Von Gerichten Art Glass Co. in Columbus, Ohio, 1897.
  • Detail from the transom in the Bay Room; a similar pattern was sold by Segelke & Kohlhaus Mfg. Co. 1880s-1910s.
  • Details from the parquetry floor borders on the first floor of the Hudson house and similar borders offered by E.L. Roberts & Co., 1890s-1910s.
  • Oak paneling (detail from the first floor center hall) was offered by Segelke & Kohlhaus Mfg. Co., 1890s-1910s.
  • Similar mouldings and interior trim were offered in carved wood, pressed wood, or composite by E.L. Roberts & Co.
  • Similar staircase arrangements and elements were sold by E.L. Roberts & Co.
  • The Hudson house fireplace was in a standard arrangement such as this one sold by E.L. Roberts & Co.
  • Oak paneling (detail from the first floor center hall) was offered by Segelke & Kohlhaus Mfg. Co., 1890s-1910s.
  • Comparison of the butler's pantry ceiling and a similar one at the C.H. Evans Firehouse at 440 Warren Street in Hudson.

Mass-produced Interior and Exterior Finishes

Because of the plethora of late nineteenth-century architectural wholesalers, including Chicago’s E.L. Roberts & Co., 1908–whose General Catalogue​ products are pictured, among others, in these images–Moul could easily order wood, composite, and metal frieze decorations for both the interior and exterior of 39 West Court Street.  Upper middle class homes like this one could be finished almost entirely from high-quality materials (in nearly any size and shape) chosen from mailers; as a result, many local, Moul-built homes had similar, mass-produced features.