Door closer Restoration

Door closer Something from history : The Story of the Door Closer c. 1937 The Rector Wanted it Quiet A winter day in 1877, Bostons splendid new Trinity Church was finished. Architect Richardson had done a noble piece of work, and so had Norcross Brothers of Worcester, who had the general contract. But there was one thing the eminent rector, Dr. Phillips Brooks, did not like. His first sermon in the new church had been punctuated, in nervewracking fashion, by a banging storm door out in front. He spoke to the foreman about it, a capable young fellow, by name, whom the Norcross people had left behind to watch things. Mr. Norton said hed fix the door. Carefully he took off the door stops, shaved them down and installed rubber pads all around. But Dr. Brooks was far from satisfied. That constant thump, thump of the door was almost as bad as the banging. Both he and the congregation were very much annoyed A bit of the rectors famous eloquenc