Antique Pew Deacon Parson Rustic Bench GOTHIC CROSS SEE

I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS A GOTHIC CROSS DESIGN AT THE ENDS OF THIS IT IS A SYMMETRICAL 4 CIRCLE DESIGN

SQUARE ANTIQUE NAILS FOUND DURING RE-SIZING HINTS THIS IS VERY OLD  - REMOVED FROM AN OLD CHURCH IN FARIBAULT MN THE CHURCH IS GONE THIS REMAINS

JESSE JAMES AND THE YOUNGER BROTHERS MAY HAVE PASSED THIS CHURCH ON HIS WAY NORTH TO THE NORTHFIELD RAID

;O)

OK I DO NOT KNOW

THAT THE YEARS MAY BE CLOSE SINCE SQUARE BRITTLE NAILS WERE USED IN THE LATE 1800S

THIS IS PEW BENCH CHURCH AN ITEM IS FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA IT WAS LONG WE CUT THIS DOWN FROM 7 FEET 4" TO THIS HALF SIZE

LOCAL PICK UP QUOTED BUT NOW DUE TO THE HALF AS LONG LENGTH - IF YOU WANT IT - IT COULD BE SHIPPED.

BEST IF WE ARRANGE IT VIA FREIGHT UPS OR LOCAL PICK UP

UPS MAY BE $150 THAT IS WHAT WE FIGURED

WE CAN DELIVER WITHIN 200 MILES OF ZIP 55901

THIS NOW MEASURES 45" LONG  38" TALL AND 18" DEEP.

THERE IS SOME GLUE LEFT OVER IN THE JOINTS (see pics)

this should clean up OK.

a very solid and sturdy piece we have here.

NOTE ON THE SQUARE NAILS WE FOUND WHEN WE TOOK IT APART TO RESIZE IT, THESE WERE NOT ONLY SQUARE BUT BRITTLE  SO WE THINK WITHOUT PROOF THIS DATES TO 1900 OR BEFORE 

WE ARE GUESSING

WILL SHIP WITH A WORKED OUT ARRANGEMENT

LOCAL PICK UP GETS A $20 REBATE CASH IF PICKED UP WITHIN 10 DAYS OF LISTING END (THIS IS $20 HANDLING BACK TO YOU BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE TO LOAD OR PACK IT) 

WILL SAVE YOU AT LEAST $150 TO PICK IT UP LOCAL PICK UP

 THERE MAY BE CHIPS SPLINTERS GLUE SHOWING LITTLE MARKS HOLES SCUFFS GOUGES OR OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THIS IN THE PAST 100 ESTIMATED YEARS THERE IS GLUE SHOWING WE GLUED THE END ON AGAIN .... WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO BACK AND BOTTOM OFF TO THE SIDE