The Hendersons inherited a beautiful Central West End four-square with one major problem: a 1990s-era hollow-metal entry door that looked like it belonged on a dental office. Here's what we did about it.
The original front door was lost in a 1990s “renovation” and replaced with a flat hollow-metal slab. The Hendersons wanted something that honored the brick four-square aesthetic — heavy, paneled, with leaded sidelites and proper period hardware — but they weren't willing to spend $20K on a custom historic reproduction.
We sourced a stock 8'0” mahogany unit from Therma-Tru's heritage line, paired it with custom leaded sidelites from a local stained-glass studio, and matched the original casing profile with a piece milled in our Manchester Ave shop.