{"id":16756,"date":"2007-10-23T10:10:34","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T10:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=16756"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:43","slug":"top-of-the-stai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/10\/top-of-the-stai\/","title":{"rendered":"Top of the Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have question that maybe someone can answer.  At the top of the stairs in my brownstone is that small round cutout.  You usually see a religious statue placed in the spot.  I have heard it was for caskets so they could turn the corner.  Can anyone answer what is the true purpose of the small cutout?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have question that maybe someone can answer. At the top of the stairs in my brownstone is that small round cutout. You usually see a religious statue placed in the spot. I have heard it was for caskets so they could turn the corner. Can anyone answer what is the true purpose of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-16756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/10\/top-of-the-stai\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Top of the Stairs","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/10\/top-of-the-stai\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/10\/top-of-the-stai\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"History","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"donjii"}],"creator":["donjii"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2007-10-23T10:10:34Z","datePublished":"2007-10-23T10:10:34Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:43Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Top of the Stairs\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/top-of-the-stai\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/top-of-the-stai\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"History\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"donjii\"}],\"creator\":[\"donjii\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2007-10-23T10:10:34Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-23T10:10:34Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-28T16:27:43Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=16756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}