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Brick Fireplace and Oven Construction: 1770-1840

$600.00

This long-running workshop returns as an essential offering at Historic Eastfield Village since the first oven was built at a workshop in 1980. This 5-day course begins by providing an in-depth study of the American fireplace & oven through an illustrated lecture of regional types & construction materials. A large collection of original fireplace & oven materials, hardware & fittings are available for examination at Eastfield. Students working in groups of 3 or 4 construct a fireplace & oven using salvaged brick & lime mortar.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

This long-running workshop returns as an essential offering at Historic Eastfield Village since the first oven was built at a workshop in 1980. This 5-day course begins by providing an in-depth study of the American fireplace & oven through an illustrated lecture of regional types & construction materials. A large collection of original fireplace & oven materials, hardware & fittings are available for examination at Eastfield. Students working in groups of 3 or 4 construct a fireplace & oven using salvaged brick & lime mortar.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

Instructors

John McMillen

John McMillen has been coming to Eastfield for almost 50 years, spending a good part of the summers during his youth at the village with his father Billy while he taught classes. His brother Chris Tintle was a constant presence and companion during those times, and they served as an opportunity to learn about living in a nineteenth-century village as well as about American history and  historic trades.

John embarked on a career in preservation carpentry and also historic masonry and brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience, performing restoration at the Conference House on Staten Island, houses at Historic Richmond Town, the Briggs Tavern at Eastfield, as well as a number of other notable historic structures.

He has co-taught the Brick Fireplace and Oven Construction class previously with his father and other instructors over the years. John recently retired from his supervisory carpentry role with the New York City Housing Department and is excited to teach another class at Eastfield.