William Pitcher Farmstead HSR

ROOM 101, WEST ADDITION
Description: Room 101 is a one-story addition 16’ wide by 14’ deep. Based on the
poured foundation, novelty-style siding and interior finishes of wainscot paneling, it was
built around 1900. Except for the insertion of the bathroom into the center hall, this
was the last major change to the Pitcher house.
A modern, metal-clad door gives entry to this room from the outside on the south side
of the house. In the northwest corner is a pantry closet, with a trapdoor cut into the
original sub-floor, which leads to the B3 Cellar Space. The flooring in the rest of the
room is linoleum tiles on top of at least one layer of plywood, on top of the original
pine flooring. Walls are a combination of wallboard and 1960s chipboard paneling over
plaster on lath on all but the north wall and on the outside of the pantry closet, which
are plaster on lath. There is a simple chair rail on the north wall and on the outside of
the pantry with vertically installed bead-board paneling beneath, which appears to be
original. Door trim is flat 1”x6” pine. The windows are 6/6 double-hung sashes which
appear to be from the date of construction. There is one window on each of the south,
west, and north walls. The windows have rounded sills that match the chair rail, and are
trimmed with flat 1”x4” pine. The east wall has a doorway into the west parlor (102)
and a half-wall with a pass-through “window” taking up most of the wall. This opening
was likely created in the 1980s after a fire in the chimney that stood against this wall.
Systems: Room 101 has an antique enamel covered gas stove on the north wall and
feed and drain lines for a sink, which have been cut off at the floor on the east wall.
Electric service in this room consists of one 110-volt outlet on the north wall where BX
wiring has been snaked through the wall; one 220-volt outlet on the west wall for a
stove or dryer; and a florescent light fixture recessed into the wainscot-paneled ceiling.
Finishes: The bead-board ceiling is coated with a thick calcimine-type product. The top
layer of finish on the walls is a latex paint. The surface layer of paint on the door and
window trim contains lead. (APPENDIX VII: Finish Analysis)
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