Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902

Pre-4th Photos of Progress

2008-07-03T11:38:00.011-04:00

Robert's Pics Taken Over the Weekend...

2008-06-30T17:43:00.010-04:00

Rooftop View of the Back of the Maritime Museum and Inlet
(remember to click images for closer views)

Attic in Progress

New Woodwork on Front Porch and Bottom of Bay

Proud Robert !

New Replica of Old Chimney

New Living Room Fireplace

Robert-the-Rooftop-climber Shot of Chimney

Francis, Carl and Henry

2008-06-29T09:00:00.003-04:00

Francis, Henry and Carl Hatsell
Sons of Charles Ives Hatsell and Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell
Photo circa 1914
(be sure to click to enlarge)

Progress

2008-06-18T17:00:00.016-04:00

AT LAST! - ONE FRONT DOOR

PORCH REPAIRED

MASTER - CATHEDRAL CEILING

HOLE WHERE DOWNSTAIRS DOUBLE FIREPLACE WAS

FRONT PORCH CEILING REPAIR

NEW DOORS - WEST SIDE OF KITCHEN

NEW WINDOWS - SOUTH SIDE OF KITCHEN

CRAZY ROBERT!

A COUPLE OF COOL SHOTS TAKEN BY ROBERT MARSHALL

Old Photos

2008-05-28T08:29:00.008-04:00

L to R: Francis Graves Hatsell (eldest son), Charles Ives Hatsell (father),
Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell (mother), Carl Alfred Hatsell (middle son)
and Henry Wilson Hatsell (youngest son)

Francis Graves Hatsell (born 1905) and
Charles Proctor Hatsell (born 1944)

1817 Hatsell House

Roof , Old Paint and More...

2008-04-30T16:46:00.007-04:00

It's springtime at the Potter House across the street on the
corner - built about the same time as the Hatsell-Clawson house.

Starting to Scrap Off Old Paint

New Roof Going Up

Stairs

2008-04-30T12:19:00.002-04:00

When taking out the replacement stairs that were installed when the house was
made into apartments, the original footprint of the original stairs was found.
New stairs are being installed in that footprint.

Insect Damage

2008-04-05T19:15:00.008-04:00

View of Interior Chimney
The discovery of damage by powderpost beetles necessitated removal of some of the floors and subsequent replacement of affected joists.

Termite Damage Under the Front Bay Window

Some Walls Come Tumbling Down

2008-03-18T18:23:00.011-04:00

Interior - Downstairs Looking Up
Remember this framework was constructed over 100 years ago.

Looking Through From Front of House

View From Front Door
The multiple doors will be replaced with one door.
Stairs will be move back to create a foyer.

From Back Looking Through To Front

Old Kitchen Wall Framework

Another View of Kitchen Area To Be Enlarged

Looking Past Future Master Suite to Charlie's Old Shed

A Couple of Interesting Photos

2008-03-13T17:44:00.004-04:00

Below are a couple of interesting photos taken by owner Robert Marshall

when he was here on Wednesday to consult with contractor Gerry Sadler.

Step by Step - Rear Foundations

2008-03-11T11:51:00.005-04:00

It's necessary to enlarge and modernize the kitchen and add a master suite.
So, foundations need to be poured and the addition framed out.

This will be the larger modern kitchen - northwest rear corner.

This and the next photo are the space for a master suite and bath.

This is the location of the new master suite - southwest rear.

The Gutting Process

2008-03-06T10:14:00.021-05:00

Since the 1902 Hatsell-Clawson house was turned into 3 apartments in the mid-to-late 50s, the house had to be gutted in order to start the restoration/reconstructing process - 'recreating' the rooms and stairway close to the way they were when the house was built.

DOWNSTAIRS

UPSTAIRS

NON-ORIGINAL ADDITIONS BEING REMOVED

SPRING ARRIVES EVERY YEAR - NO MATTER WHAT..

Feb. 14, 2008 "Treasures" Found

2008-02-14T14:19:00.014-05:00

The sheet to the right is a page from an old magazine with a female posing in an armchair. Is it Carol Lombard? The back of a get-well card shows the card was made in 1925 by The Buzza Co. These papers were found behind mantles. Notice the odd ball - could it be a "canister shot" used at Fort Macon?
Other items are described below.
(click photo to enlarge)

This photo shows the front of the 1925 get-well card, old notes and a magazine page flipped over showing James Cagney. The crumbling get-well card is signed by Sue Thomas who writes that she is on her way to Richmond "to find diagnosis of my side." This could possibly be Sue Thomas who married Murray Thomas, Jr. in 1917. She was Elizabeth Cheek's mother.
(click images to enlarge)

Photograph taken in the lower kitchen of the same items:
Large Bottle label is torn and crumbling. It reads: Nyal's Cod Liver Oil - Compound - Tonic and Tissue Builder Alcohol 16% - Palatable Preparation..from fatty ami..extractive princip..fresh cod livers..wild ch..malt and..phites..potassiu..children..years..as req...
The small bottle is labeled:
RECORDS & GOLDSBOROUGH - BALTIMORE, MD.
The bottles were found between the walls, behind the plaster, as if placed there as "time capsules" when the house was built.
The small tin labeled STAG is obviously a pocket-tobacco tin.
(click to enlarge image)

Envelope Postmarked 1951

1951 Christmas Greetings Certificate from
Blake & James Furniture Company to
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Garner
As of this post, it is assumed that the Garners were
renting the house after Miss Marie's 1951 death.

Valentine's Day - 2008

2008-02-14T13:02:00.011-05:00

The work begins...

The mantles are removed and put on the front porch

Fireplace in lower-level front northeast room with mantle removed

Lower-level north room fireplace that back up to the fireplace
in the front northeast corner room

Lower-level northeast corner room with baseboards and window trim removed

Lower northeast room looking toward entrance hall

Corner detail of lower northeast room

Upstairs hall showing lathing strips

Upstairs northeast room

Upstairs looking toward front southeast room

Upstairs southeast room with windows removed

Marie Ella Clawson's Family

2008-01-25T12:01:00.000-05:00

Clawson's 1905 Restaurant on the Beaufort Waterfront

Before we get into the restoration of the Hatsell-Clawson House, it is necessary to document what we know of the history of Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell's family, including the of Clawson's 1905 Restaurant. The text below was written by Charles O. Pitts in 1984 and included in The Heritage of Carteret County, Vol II:

CHARLES ALFRED CLAWSON

Charles Alfred Clawson was born in Sweden, 1841. He came to Beaufort, N.C. on a Revenue Cutter as a young man. He decided to stay and open up a Bakery.

Mary Donavon came to Boston from Cork, Ireland at the age of seven, with a family, Mrs. Annie Failes and two daughters, Alide and Lillie. The Failes taught school in Boston. Later they came to Beaufort and bought a summer home (now owned by Lucille Rice). Mary came with them.

By this time Mary Donovan was a young lady. She met Charles A. Clawson and they were later married. They had two sons; Charles Alfred Jr., and Warren and five daughters; Christine, Marie Ella, Annie and Lillie. Alida died in infancy.

Charles A. Clawson Jr., born 1873, married Jane Pigott Pool, born 1872. They were married 1898. Jane was the daughter of James Harrell and Cinderilla Roberson Pool. Charles and Jane had five sons and one daughter. They were: James Pool, Charles Alfred, William Carlton (who died at age of one year), Frank Doane, Dave Pool and Marie Hinton.

When his father’s health was failing, Mr. Charles (as he was called by many of his friends) with the help of his mother, took over the bakery business in the brick building on the north side of Front Street which he had built in about 1885. He also had a grocery store on the south side of the street. In this store his customers were provided extra services with an ice cream parlor on the second floor, featuring chair swings. The Bakery goods were carried across the street to the store.

Around 1908 Charles Clawson built a new brick store on the north side of the street next door to his mother and father’s home. Where his parents’ front yard was, is now [1984] The Men’s Shop and the Ladies Shop.

The store and bakery buildings now [1984] under the ownership of William and Candy Rogers are the home of a very popular restaurant in Beaufort. The original name “Grocery Clawson’s Bakery” now [1984] reads “Cookery Clawson’s Saloon.”

People still remember how good those sweet buns and hot breads use to smell, when they walked by the store and how good they were to eat. Clawson’s cokes were the best in town.

Before motor vehicles came into general use the groceries and bakery goods were delivered around town in a wagon van pulled by a big red horse called “June Bug.” June Bug was very temperamental and one of the better known characters around town. He allowed himself to be hitched and driven only by four men. The delivery man Charley Gibson, Charles Clawson, Jack Neal and Mr. Clawson.

On Sunday afternoon Mr. Clawson would load up the van with his children and their friends and head for Mr. Jimmy Hancock’s home and farm. It was just on the other side of the town gate. He would visit with Mr. Jimmy while the children played; and, during grape season picked grapes.

For many years Clawson’s Grocery and Bakery furnished bread and cakes to all of the Eastern County. When there were no paved roads and very few cars, he sent the orders down east by mail boat and some customers who had motor boats or sail boats would come for their order.

About 1932 Clawson’s closed due to the “Depression.”

Historic Commission OKs Home Restoration

2008-01-21T10:20:00.000-05:00

Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902
1905 Photo

January 11, 2008
Carteret News Times
Morehead City, NC

Beaufort – Restoration of an Orange Street home will begin…following approval Tuesday from the town’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).

The request for exterior changes at 119 Orange St. was made by Gerry Sadler of Gerry Sadler Construction Co. on behalf of property owner Robert Marshall. The project, which will cost an estimated $342,702 will include replacing doors and windows, reworking siding, reworking a one-story portion of the house and reworking and adding a story to a one-story addition.

In his presentation of the project to the HPC, Mr. Sadler included a photo of the house taken in 1905. He said the goal was to make the house look like it did in the photo. “We want to get everything back just like it was,” he said.

Some of the rework would incorporate any original materials from the house that would be saved, he said, like wood siding or bricks for restructuring the chimneys.

On the front of the house, the second-story door above the porch will be replace with a window to match the existing windows. The two front doors will be removed to create one front entrance, and a transom will be installed over the door to match the photo from 1905.

In the back, two sets of Anderson vinyl French doors will be added to the one-story of the house, one on the back side and another on the side facing south. Additionally, the porch will be enclosed on the one-story portion of the house and a new 8-foot porch will be added.

Old windows on the house will be reworked as needed, with storm windows added to the front, and all remaining windows will be with Anderson one-over-one windows. Wooden louver shutters will be placed on the front and side windows.

The house will also receive a new coat of paint, with siding white, shutters Beaufort green, the porch deck a medium gray and porch ceiling a “barely” blue.

Also, in an effort to restore the home’s 1905 appearance, a Beaufort-style wooden picket fence, painted white, will be erected in the front yard.

HPC member Dan Krautheim made the motion to approve a COA (Certificate of Appropriateness) for the restoration project and member Mamré Wilson gave the second.

Pre-Restoration

2008-01-10T16:59:00.000-05:00

View from the Andrew Lee Hatsell 1827 House
Click to Enlarge All Images

An Old Pitchfork

North Side of House

Not part of original house, back additions will be removed.

Front Door

A Front Window

Fireplace - South side

Fireplace/Mantle - Lower Bay

Original Baseboards and Trim - Lower Bay

Pre-Restoration

2008-01-04T09:08:00.000-05:00

Bay detail - click to enlarge

Bay interior showing state of disrepair and original floors

Backyard and view of shed

Interior of Charlie's workshop
in the backyard shed - untouched for many years

Bay is representative of this period, and similar to the Victorian Potter House across the street, on the corner of Orange and Ann Streets, that was also built around 1902 - below photo on your right.

Looking south toward 1827 Hatsell House where Charlie grew up

Then, Now & Months from Now...

2008-01-03T17:48:00.001-05:00

THEN - The 1902 Hatsell-Clawson House was most likely built by Charlie, brothers and friends - anticipating Charlie's marriage to Marie Ella Clawson. The Hatsell's three children - Francis 1905, Carl 1907 and Henry 1911, were born and reared here. Depending on the date of this photo, the young man posing on the front porch could be either of Charlie and Marie's boys. Since there is only one boy in the photo, it is logical that it's Francis - perhaps dating the photo to about 1909. Or, there's a possibility that the young man is William L. Hatsell, nephew born in 1898 - which would date the photo 1902 shortly after the house was built.

NOW - An unknown, at the moment, is when the home was divided into three apartments - obviously after the death of "Miss Marie" in 1951. Included here are a few photos of the present day house. The mystery of the original layout of the interior of the house will unfold soon...

The Historic Preservation Commission will meet Tuesday, January 8, 2008* in the old train depot. Members will most likely vote to approve all aspects of plans presented to restore this Queen-Anne-style home to what it look liked when built in 1902. Local restoration specialist Gerry Sadler has been contracted to tackle the daunting but challenging task, which is estimated to take 9-12 months.

Click photos to enlarge...

*Item #4 Gerry Sadler/Robert Marshall-119 Orange Street

Gerry Sadler, representative for Robert Marshall, is requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness for the complete renovation of the structure located at 119 Orange Street including replacing doors, windows, reworking of the siding, tearing off and reconstruction of the addition, and rework and change of one story addition to two stories.

Views from the Rooftop-2007

2008-01-03T07:58:00.001-05:00

Present-day views from the rooftop of the Charles Ives Hatell House. The Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827 is the first house to the south. Beyond are several other houses on Orange Street just steps away from Taylor's Creek and Carrot Island beyond. Beyond the Beaufort Inlet is Fort Macon. Without the newer houses between the 1827 house and the waterfront, Charity Hatchell Read and Emeline Pigott would have been able to have a clear view of the siege of the fort on April 26, 1862. More views...descriptions below images.

Orange Street Looking Southeast Showing Houses and Land First
Owned and Built on by the Borden/Fuller Families Going Back
to the Mid 18th Century

View of the Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827
Built by Grandfather of Charles Ives Hatsell

View From Charles Ives Hatsell House Looking South

Looking Southwest - Showing the Rear of the North Carolina
Maritime Museum on Front Street and Beaufort Inlet Beyond

Marie Ella and Charles Ives Hatsell

2007-12-18T09:51:00.020-05:00

Charles Ives Hatsell 1878-1949
Marie Ella Clawson Hatsell 1876-1951

Charles Ives Hatsell, born February 23, 1878, married Marie Ella Clawson on December 25, 1902. That same year 24-year-old Charlie, who had been working with Professor Wilson out of the temporary laboratory at the Gibbs House, began full-time work at the new Federal Biological Laboratory—across Gallants Channel on Piver's Island.

Charlie's wife, Marie Ella Clawson, was born in 1876 to Charles H. Clawson and Mary L. Clawson. Charles Clawson was born in Sweden in 1838. Wife Mary L. Clawson was born in Ireland. They opened Clawson’s Grocery in 1905 on the south side of Front Street. In her later years, Marie Ella was known by many as “Miss Marie.”

Captain Hatsell went on to serve as Terrapin Culturist and Foreman at the United States Fisheries Biological Laboratory. He personally supervised the raising of thousands of young terrapins that were released in salt marshes from Maryland to Louisiana. See "Charlie & the Terrapins."

In 1947, Charlie retired on his 69^th birthday after serving 45 years at the U.S. Fisheries Laboratory. Several months later he was presented with a citation and bronze plaque from the Department of the Interior for his "long faithful and highly distinguished service." Charlie died July 30, 1949. The now-empty shed at one time served as Charlie's workshop and storage for his small boat - the one he used to row to work each day.

In 1954 Charles Ives Hatsell was included in an article on terrapins in National Geographic. That information will be posted as soon as it is available.

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Children of Charles Ives and Marie Ella Hatsell

Francis Graves Hatsell was born July 29, 1905. Francis is noted on the 1930 census as a boatman for the biological lab. He married Helen Charles Proctor on November 25, 1936. The couple moved to Alexandria, Virginia before the birth of their only son, Charles Proctor Hatsell. Francis died in San Antonio on July 22, 1997. Helen died January 26, 1994 in Alexandria .

Charles Proctor Hatsell was born in Alexandria, Virginia on September 18, 1944. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1967 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. In 1968 he received an MS in electrical engineering followed, in 1970, by a PhD in electrical engineering - both at Duke University. In 1974 Hatsell attained his MD degree at the University of Miami.

Among Dr. Hatsell's many accomplishments:

Chief of Medicine USAF Heart Program School of Aerospace Medicine 1978-1981
Flight Surgeon USAF 1975-1992
Adjunct Professor USAF Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio - 1976-1992
Associate Clinical Professor of Community Medicine Wright State School of Medicine, Dayton Ohio 1982-2005

Dr. Hatsell specialized in aerospace medicine and forensics in San Antonio for 33 years. He was a Colonel in the US Air Force and served in the Persian Gulf - retiring from the military in the early 1990s.

Dr. Hatsell died on March 16, 2006 and was buried with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Charles was a long-time member of the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. He is survived by three children and four grandchildren:

Charles J. Hatsell
Elizabeth Hatsell married Jason Manz. Children-Emily, Abigail and Cameron
Carol Hatsell married Robert Smith. One child-Morgan Smith

Carl Alfred Hatsell – August 28, 1907-June 27, 1988. Carl married Verna Eugenia Curren on November 14, 1940. They were Elaine Hatsell Glover’s parents and most likely built the 1950 brick house at 121 Orange Street, just north of the Hatsell-Clawson House.

Henry Wilson Hatsell - September 6, 1911-June 23, 1964. Henry married Helen Elizabeth Heffner on October 3, 1943.

George Andrew & Julia Ellen Hatsel

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"The Census Taker" - Harpers Weekly 1870
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George Andrew Hatsel 1833-1898, son of Andrew Lee Hatchell 1803-1841, married Julia Ellen Mace about 1868. Julia Ellen was the daughter of Benjamin Mace and Susannah Stanton. The 1870 census shows George and Julia Ellen living near or next door to George's mother Charity, 62, and 20-year-old daughter Julia Read. At that time George, 37, was a clerk in a store - with Julia Ellen, 25, and son George Leonidas-8 months. Living nearby was George's brother William F. Hatsel, 42, listed as a mariner - with Rebecca, 42, and three children.

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George Leonidas Hatsell 8 Oct 1869 (or1872) married Nancy Eliza Rogers about 1889. They had four children: George Leo Hatchell 1903, Annie Hatchell circa 1895, Mary Pearl Hatchell circa 1899 and Imogene (or Emma) J. Hatchell circa 1906. Imogene married Frank Worth in Tampa, Florida.

William Lee Hatsell was born on August 12, 1871 and married Daisy Rumley about 1896. They had one child – William Lee Hatchell, Jr. born in 1898. William Lee Hatsel Sr. died before 1900.

Benjamin Elwood Hatsell was born on February 2, 1873 and married Mary D. circa 1896. They had two children – Ellen D. Hatchell circa 1898 and Benjamin Elwood Hatchell Jr.

Henry Davis Hatsell - May 6, 1875– April 5, 1965. He married Elizabeth B. Davis in 1907.

Charles Ives Hatsell February 23, 1878–30 July 1949. He married Marie Ella Clawson on December 25, 1902. They had three children – Francis Graves Hatsell born July 29, 1905, Carl Alfred Hatsell born August 28, 1907 and Henry Wilson Hatsell born September 6, 1911.

Charity Ann Hatsell was born March 5, 1880.

Sally Ann Hatsell married John P. Rogers.

George and Julia Ellen are buried in the Old Burial Ground.