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
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access from hall X X X X
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Servants' trunks, etc. X X L L
V.'s TRUNK AND STORE ROOM
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Hardwood floor X X X X
Four shelves line walls X X X X
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
One in a series of store rooms in a zone X X X X
around the hall ellipse
Access to vestibule for Cook's Room X X X X
Mechanical Systems
D.C. wiring in wooden conduit ? X X R For wall light, now removed
Automatic light switch wired into door
X Wired to modern light. Interior
jamb
door molding replaced.
HOUSEKEEPER'S OFFICE AND STORE CLOSET
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Baseboard, chair rail, picture rail X X X M? Currently painted cream
Wall-to-wall carpet X X X R Currently NPS carpeting
Two electric wall sconces, decorative X X X M Shades replaced with repro,
shades
frosted glass
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