# Anybody Know Where I Can Find These Doors?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-where-i-can-find-these-doors/214283 "2003-11-20T10:48:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-where-i-can-find-these-doors/214283/1 "2003-11-20T10:48:30Z")

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Sorry, don’t have a picture. I’m looking to find interior doors, with the knobs in the center of the doors. These were popular in the 1950’s-and I like the look. I can’t seem to find them anywhere-anybody know where I should look?

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-where-i-can-find-these-doors/214283/2 "2003-11-20T13:34:15Z")

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My parents had a house built in 1958, and it had a doorknob in the center. There was a TV show at the time that had a center-knob front door, and somehow I talked Dad into getting one for our house. I was 9.

The trick is not the door, but the lockset. It was a standard Schlage lockset, but there’s an extension piece to connect the lock to the latch. You’ll need a solid or cored door, and a carpenter who’s good enough to drill all the way to the center of the door.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-where-i-can-find-these-doors/214283/3 "2003-11-20T16:50:24Z")

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What style of door?  
Plain panel, louvered, etc.  
Knob functional with latch?

If they are your heart’s desire a custom millwork shop could make them to order/specifications. No problem but $.