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Resource History and Description of Existing Conditions
tube, a bell, and call buttons connected to the Butler's Pantry and the Servants' Hall. One
colored engraving by Clifford E. James, three watercolors by Linden, and three prints were in
the room in 1938. 958 By 1940, the engraving remained along with four miscellaneous prints. 959
MM&W Plan 960
Housekeeper's Key Closet
Theresa Farley
(1896)
Room Name / Key Number
961
(1920-1938)
Housekeeper Housekeeper's Room / 32 Housekeeper's Bedroom
Bath Bath in Housekeeper's Room / 34 Bathroom
No. 1 Maid's Room Maid's Room / 35 Housekeeper's Sitting Room
Maid's Closet Maid's Closet / 38
Storage Trunk Room / 39 Linen Room
No. 2 Room / 40 Second Cook's Room No. 11
No. 3 Room / 41 First Cook's Room No. 10
No. 4 Room / 42 Sewing & Pressing Room No. 9
No. 5 Room / 42 Bath
No. 6 Room / 43 Kitchen Girl's Room No. 8
No. 7 Room / 44 Parlor Maid's Room No. 7
No. 8 Room / 45 Personal Maid's Room No. 6
Storage Yacht Room / 46 Yacht Room
Bath Bath / 47 Bath
No. 8 Sewing Room / 48 Personal Maid's Room No. 5
No. 9 Maid's Room with Bell-1 / 51 Chamber Maid's Room No. 4
No. 10 Maid's Room with Bell-Room 2 / 52 Chamber Maid's Room No. 3
No. 12 Room 3 / 53 Chamber Maid's Room No. 2
No. 13 Room 4 / 54 Chamber Maid's Room No. 1
Diagram 5: A Comparison of Changes in Third Floor Room Names over Time
No window treatments are listed in the 1938 or 1940 inventories, and no curtain
hardware survives. 962 Modern traverse rods are now installed. The floor is hardwood, and
three rugs were used in the room. These were a red 7' x 7'10" Asia Minor rug of angora wool,
well worn; a dark, geometric design 4.3 x 5.7' Shiraz rug, and a 3'3" x 5' India Agra rug with a
small floral design. 963 By 1940, the rugs had been removed. 964 The room is lit by two electric
wall sconces matching those in the guest rooms.
956
Curry Inventory, 79; Hopkins, 36.
957
"Third Floor Furniture Plan," May 1942, V-259, Resource Management Records, ROVA Archives.
958
Curry Inventory, 79.
959
Hopkins Inventory, 36.
960
McKim, Mead &White, Drawing # 8.
961
Theresa Farley; Snell, "Master Plan Development Outline," 26-33. Snell cites an additional unrecorded
interview with Farley on February 15, 1957. Snell's room numbers are taken from the Curry Inventory of
1938, 91-96. Farley was hired in as a maid from 1920 to 1927 when she joined the staff as third chamber
maid.
962
Curry Inventory, 79; Hopkins, 36.
963 Curry Inventory, 79.
964 Hopkins Inventory, 36.
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