Wood Doors

In 1844 Oregon City was incorporated by the Provisional Legislature, making it the first incorporated city west of the Rocky Mountains.

The Clackamas County Courthouse was built in 1937. We have no idea whether or not these are the original doors, but it seems doubtful. The cloth awning would suggest that someone eventually came to realize how much weather this opening endures without it.

And that might suggest that the lesson was learned at the expense of at least one previous set of doors. Not to mention that they probably didn’t have panic hardware on these doors in 1937. But of course, that’s all speculative.

Someone has determined that it is time to spruce up the opening with a set of new doors. Just like people, the years have a way of showing up on these doors in one form or another, revealing the high mileage.

Replica doors are specified. Careful dimensional information is acquired by our company, documented and transmitted to a millwork in Scappoose that is unfortunately no longer in existence. The new replica 2-inch thick Oak doors were spot on.

You will note that we hung the new doors into the original jamb-assembly assembly, saving money and keeping all the original trim-components from the potential travails of removal and reinstallation.

The one departure from original replica doors was that we did upgrade the glass from single pane to insulated glass. And we are talking true-divided glass, not simulated divided glass (SDL).

Fortunately, the muntin-profiles around the glass on the original doors were larger than normal, which facilitated the upgrade without the diminishment of the dimensional and aesthetic integrity of the original doors.

You will also notice that we did away with the vertical-rod panic devices by installing a Von Duprin Removable Mull-Post.

This facilitated the provision & installation of Von Duprin non-vertical-rod panic devices, which are much less temperamental and low maintenance. Also notice the Handicap Door Operators in the previous photo.