ISO under stairs exterior doors for a brownstone

Hello all! We’re in search of 2 doors to replace the current entry doors we have under our brownstone stairs. Looking for 36 x 84 x 1 3/4 half lite doors, preferably in a “victorian” style. For whatever reason, it seems to be a difficult size to find — we have calls out to a couple of salvage places that have most of their inventory out of state, but so far no luck. We could use doors a bit taller, maybe up to 85” or so if there’s room to plane them down. Thank you!

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brooklyn492 | 9 mins ago

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Thank you for this information– I appreciate your help!

Brownstone Home Inspection | 1 day ago

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simpson door makes 84″ doors. you can order them at Dykes. they make a lot of styles.

Upstate door also.

so here is the thing. if you want them to look 19th century, you will have to understand how doors where made and “sticked” or trimmed out pre say 1920 and how they have been made later. in the older doors, they were all made the same to look like shaker doors. and THEN the molding got applied around the glass and panels. in newer doors, the wood is shaped on modern equipment with the profile or decorative edge made as part of the structural members of the doors (as part of the stiles and rails). this molding can never protrude beyond the wood frame of the door. it will have less “depth”. no curves to be seen facing outward.

this is what i used to do when i needed a door for a house and they wanted it to look 19th century. I would buy a shaker door and then make my own trim out of fir (“panel” trim but sometimes crowns are used) and rabbet that out and insert it around the panels.

make sure whoever does this knows what they are doing and how to finish wood. even painting can be a difficult task for people who lack training in materials and methods and then things fail.