Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut a hole for a thimble

a hole for a thimble on top of the tail

with the chimney doubling as a coin slot and the hinged front door opening wide to fetch one's fortune

nice warm dry patina to the wood

and can be seen up the exterior side if one looks for it

but it's always a bit of a miracle to find a little pot with its lid still on it some 200+ years later

Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut a hole for a thimbleHumble materials but grand ambitions, put to work constructing what I take for a state house or other sort of public building of some significance. Cigar box wood, string, and nails, plus a gold painted finial nailed to the top. The green painted roof (roofs) show a good bit of aging and soiling; I did some gentle wiping and dusting (including behind those string rails) but they are as they are, probably stored in a basement or barn somewhere for some