The Warren Historic District has a long maritime history, and this colonial era house on Water Street witnessed the bulk of it. The house was built in 1761 for William Hill, a local shipwright. Hill soon sold the house to another shipwright, Josiah Borden. Then in 1806, Caleb Collins, a local mariner who owned a nearby wharf, purchased the house. The final promotion in rank occurred in the mid-19th century when it housed Captain Haile Collins. A series of structural additions were made in the mid-to-late 19th century and the house is now listed as part of the Warren Historical District registry.
I wanted to photograph either a doorway or a window frame today, and this shuttered window dating to the 18th century caught my attention as I drove down Water Street. For post processing, I made a slight correction to the skew, and then added a vibrance filter in Topaz Adjust. A levels adjustment, paired with a warming filter, a saturation reduction, and a final levels adjustment completed the image.
Wonderful colonial window... great detail... I can see the hinges. I like the way you included the railing and the tree branches... nicely framed! Great colors too!
@calm Thanks, Cathy! It was the tree branch that sold me on it, actually. I like having something "frame" my subject, and I'm naturally drawn to bare tree branches, for some reason.
