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1902
Cont'd.
1. Cont'd.
by others different in style and position.
8. The west end of the first floor corridor was thrown into
the old State Dining Room by removing the stairs (which date from
General Grant's time) and also removing the brick wall between
them for two stories up This was an original wall of the original
house and was of brick and two feet thick. In the new room thus
formed one of the west windows was closed up to permit the intro-
duction of a large open fireplace.
9.
The Red, Blue, and Green parlors remain, except that their
decorations were changed and the two mantel pieces from the former
State Dining Room, and which belong to the original House, were
placed, one in the Green, and one in the Red Parlor.
TRENAN
for AND
A new door was also cut in the southwest corner of the Green
RUCCOROS
SERVICE
Parlor, connecting it with the Blue Parlor.
GOVER
10. The form of the East Room was not changed, but the door
into the former office lobby was closed up Four red African
marble fireplaces were introduced and the entire decoration of the
room changed.
11. The doors at the east and west ends of the first floor
corridor (opening into the East Room and new State Dining Room)
were changed from their original arched tops with fan windows to
square tops.
12. On the second story, the former office roomsover the
East Room were made into bedrooms with bathrooms, and bathrooms
were added for each of the other bedrooms.
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