<div>adding to John's documentation of low tech solutions for controlling solar gain--I saw another case of otherwise conventional looking wood louvered shutters--but with tip-out louvered panels in the lower portion of each shutter--at the MacRae house in Wilmington, NC. it's a Tudoresque shingle style house designed by Henry Bacon, built in 1902. <br>
<br>Bacon's youth was spent in Wilmington, but his career began in Boston, where he worked for firms including McKim, Meade, and White. This raises the question whether the tip-out shutter was a widespread practice, or if it was particular to the NE--or of the muggy tidewater climate. it's not particularly warm here, but perspiration was pouring down my back while touring the district--so I would guess the latter, in a place where capturing the slightest breeze might provide the difference between misery and mild discomfort.</div>
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