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
Private bath; tub, toilet, sink X X M? M Only staff room with a private
bath. Shower curtain rod added
Call buttons X X X X Butler's Pantry, Servants' Hall
Call bell above closet door X X X X
DeVeau speaking tube X X X X
Radiator X X X X
MAID'S ROOM (HOUSEKEEPER'S SITTING ROOM)
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Plaster, wallpapered walls (blue) X X L? L Small flowered pattern
Baseboard, chair rail, picture rail X X X X
Wooden closets added to south wall M? M? X X Not on MM&W plan
Hardwood floor with rug X X L? L
Plain, electric wall sconces X X X X
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access from Service Stair Hall X X X X
Doorway to Housekeeper's Room at M? M? X X Added to create a two-room
south
suite for housekeeper
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Mahogany seating furniture with chintz
X X,L R/L? Chintz armchair taken by Shears,
covers
1939. Another chair taken, 1940
Mahogany dresser and drop-lid desk,
X X R/L?
tripod stand, two enamel tables
Two blue table covers, three sofa
X X R/L?
cushions, seven framed pictures, nickel
oil lamp
Two pairs of chintz curtains X X R/L?
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