Riv. BAS. Sour. 
Pap. No. 28] SANTEE BOTTOMS DANCE HALL—HARTLE 131 
tom width=3.75 feet, height at right side=5.2 feet, height at left 
side=5.15 feet. The door frame was lined with a casing of two2 X 4’s 
at each side and one 2 X 4 across the top. The latter extended over 
the log-filled portion of the door as well as over the later doorway. 
The door, which opened outward, was 5.65 feet in height and 3.6 
feet in width. Regular large commercial iron door hinges were used 
to hang the door (fig. 18, #). A single log had been cut to conform 
to the contours of the door casing and was placed horizontally across 
the entire span of wall No. 1, including both sections of the doorway. 
The log-filled portion of the doorway was 5.15 feet high and 2.9 feet 
wide. The door sill was a log and asmall2 X 6. 
Roof.—The roof supports (fig. 17, c) were 2 x 6’s running from the 
top of each wall panel to the base of the cupola. The ends of these 
supports rested upon horizontally placed 4 < 4’s at the base of the 
cupola, which in turn rested upon the four center posts. Inside each 
panel from the wall to the cupola base these supports number 6, 6, 6, 
7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 8, 7, 6, 7, and 7 respectively. Some of these supports 
did not continue all the way to the base of the cupola but were toe- 
nailed to adjacent, larger supports which did. Above the supports, 
the roof boards were 1 X 6’s, 1 X 8’s, and 1 X 12’s, laid flat. Long 
shingles were nailed to the topside of these roof boards. 
Oupola.—The cupola was built in a rectangle directly above the 
four center posts and rested upon the above-mentioned horizontal 
4 X 4’s. The area of the cupola was thus the same as that encom- 
passed by the four center posts. Each of the four center posts had 
two side braces just below the cupola. These braces started at 6.4 
feet. above the floor and extended toward the center of the cupola 
base. The braces were each 8.2 feet in length and were square, 
being 0.28 foot in width and thickness. There was a lantern holder on 
each of the braces making a total of eight. 
The cupola itself was four-sided with three windows on each side 
(fig. 17, ¢). The corners of the cupola were of 4 X 4’s, at the top of 
each of which were two horizontal 2 X 4’s (fig. 18, 5). All four sides 
were similar. Besides the four corner posts there were eight vertical 
2 X 4’s in each side. Three windows were centered in each side, each 
window measuring 3.0 feet in height and 2.4 feet in width; however, 
the windows were roughly cut into the walls and were not exact in 
measurement. There was a 2 X 4 sill at the base of each window to 
hold the sash. The distance between the center window and the two 
outer windows in each wall was 0.5 foot. The height of the cupola 
from base to eaves was 6.27 feet. 
The roof of the cupola (fig. 17, a and 6) was pyramidal and 3.5 
feet in height at center. The roofing stringers were 2X 4’s with one 
main beam from each corner to the apex and four additional beams 
toenailed to them. These beams were covered with 1X 8’s and 1 X 12’s, 
