Documented History in Wood - The Ormond Hotel 1894

[FrankEV]

I live in Ormond Beach Florida.  I found on-line, some very old B&W photos of famous places here in Ormond Beach, one of which is the Ormond Hotel from back in 1894.   It is now called the “Ormond Heritage Condominium” but looks amazingly like it did in its heyday.   Here is the Photo.

I posted a copy of this photo on 6/19 in Pattern Central/ Pattern Requests with a request for someone to help me out with a pattern.  Grampa (Paul) stepped up and produced a Pattern for me.  Thank you, Paul.

From his pattern I was able to modify it a little (well maybe a bit more than a little). Paul’s pattern is a very simplistic representation of the hotel in the photo as the photo is very grainy and lacked sharp detail. So, I decided to take some artistic liberties to enhance the image to present a credible image while trying to maintain the original image of the hotel itself.

Using Paul’s pattern overlayed on the Photo I was able to add lot of details to the trees and bushes, even adding some Palm leaves so the tree trunks look like trees and not poles.   There are some trees in the photo on the right side that interfered with view of the building so I eliminated them for clarity.

The cutting is 5/32”x12”x18” Solid Core Maple Ply mounted on a1/4” thick BB Ply backer simply painted with Krylon rattle can spray Flat Black.  I used various Pegas spiral and regular blades to cut the pattern.  As none of the line work was straight, it was necessary to take a lot of liberties during the cutting.  Most apparent is the baluster spacing of the Hand Railing.

I protected the assembled panel with multiple coats Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer.

The frame is 2 ¾” wide 5/4” thick pre-primed molding.  I used a frame making router bit to produce the profile.  The cutting was not as good as I expected and although I did a lot of both machine and hand sanding, the defects became obvious (in the photo) after the frame was primed and painted.  From a viewing distance it doesn’t look tooooo bad.  The Paint is a Glidden MAX-FLEX rattle can spray product called Phantom Hue (Silver) in a Satin finish that dries quickly and lays very flat and is supposed to be very durable. 

Critiques and comments welcome.

[TAIrving]

Wow Frank, that is fantastic. That is obviously a labor of love and a work of art. You should be very proud. 
 

Have you shown it to the people who own and/or operate the hotel?  

[FrankEV]

51 minutes ago, TAIrving said:

Have you shown it to the people who own and/or operate the hotel?  

No, just finished.   I was thinking I might see if they wouild like to hang it on loan.

Edited June 30, 2022 by FrankEV

[lawson56]

Frank, that is Awesome!!! You and Paul make a Great Team.

[wombatie]

Fabulous.  Great pattern making skills by you and Paul.  Love it, well done.

Marg

[daveww1]

awesome job

[barb.j.enders]

Great job!

[Denny Knappen]

That is wonderful and nicely framed too.

[Charlie E]

Very nice!

[rdatelle]

Great job on that Frank