Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
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06-03-2013, 05:57 AM
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Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
Many thanks to forum member Dan Craig for sending this image. Friends of Dan's were relic hunting/metal detecting, and they found a Kirkwood House key holder. Too bad it's not for room 126 - George Atzerodt's room!
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06-03-2013, 06:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2013 06:24 AM by BettyO.)
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
WOW! What a WONDERFUL find!! Yes....too bad it wasn't George's room....Now, if we can only find the key to Powell's room at the Herndon House!
I didn't notice that it said "Kirkwood House!" I'm getting blind as a bat in my old age..... "The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley |
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06-19-2013, 11:43 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
Very cool. I love dug relics. Proves they were really "there".
Tony |
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06-19-2013, 05:19 PM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
That is amazing. Wonder if was found near the hotel area.
Bill Nash |
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06-20-2013, 04:27 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
Bill, Dan told me his friends have discovered what they feel is a great location for relic hunting/metal detecting. They are keeping the location to themselves. I am not even sure Dan knows, and if he does, he sure didn't tell me.
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06-20-2013, 05:08 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
It's an interesting find and certainly has the patina. Kirkwood house has been elusive. There seems to be just the 1 engraving of the building, no photographs have turned up. Anything associated with the Kirkwood House is a gem.
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06-20-2013, 07:05 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
(06-19-2013 05:19 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: That is amazing. Wonder if was found near the hotel area. Hi Bill, I can tell you that it was found in one of the many northern camps in Va.( Where most of their relics are found.) I found out real quick when a relic hunter finds a sweet spot, they won't even let family know about it until their confident its been cleaned out. |
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06-20-2013, 08:36 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
Dan: thanks for the further interesting input. What a great find.
Bill Nash |
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10-01-2013, 06:58 AM
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
A gentlemen emailed me asking if we know what a key from the Kirkwood house looks like. Does anyone know if there are any identified keys from the Kirkwood?
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10-01-2013, 05:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2013 05:11 PM by L Verge.)
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RE: Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
I know of none, but I would surmise that they looked like most house keys and room keys of that day -- about three inches long with a large opening on one end to attach to a ring and a small (one inch) notched insert on the other end? I grew up with these in our old house. I will say, it wasn't hard to find the front door key with ones that size.
P.S. Re: an earlier posting - doesn't the Kirkwood show up in a photograph? I think Surratt House has that photo and both Joan Chaconas and Mike Kauffman identified it as the Kirkwood House. |
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