National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Character-Defining Features of Individual Rooms
1899-1906 1906 1940 Current
Vanderbilt Renovation - Inventory Conditions
Comments
First 1938
Period
Mechanical Systems
D.C. electric line in wooden conduit M? M? X X Surface-wiring for two sconces
Radiator X X X X
BUTLER'S ROOM, SECOND MAN'S ROOM, THIRD MAN'S ROOM (Partitioned into staff room and store room)
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Varnished baseboard, chair rail, picture X X X X
rail
Hardwood floors X X X X
Plain, electric wall sconces X X X X
Wooden closets added to rooms M? M? X X
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Zone of rooms for male staff including X M X X Third Man's Room partitioned
these three plus Service Trunk Room
into staff room and store room
Access to hall X X X X
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Furnished as staff bedrooms X M? X X Third man's room partitioned
into staff room and store room
Mechanical Systems
Radiator X X X X
SERVICE TRUNK ROOM
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Hardwood floor X X X X
Five shelves X X X R West wall, full length of room
Nailer for coat hooks X X X X East wall, hooks never installed
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