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
Built-in closet X X X X Only the cook and housekeeper
had built-in closets
Key closet X X X X Locked
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Comprise a functional zone for the
X X X X
housekeeper
Access from service stair hall X X X X
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Drop-end table, oak table, desk and
X X ? R Now furnished as office space
chair, two side chairs, rocker, book rack
43-piece Minton China service, blown X X ? L
glass, plated flatware, miscellaneous
China and teapots
Mechanical Systems
Four call buttons X X X X Servants Hall, Butlers Pantry, 3 rd
Story
Radiator X X X X
ELEVATOR
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Metal door, wired glass diamond-shaped X X X X Fireproof glass
window
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access to service stair, hall X X X X
Furnishings and Interior Design Elements
Rosewood paneling X X X X
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