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
Call bell above picture rail, west wall X X X X
Radiator X X X X
House water tank over this room X X X X
NO. 2 (SECOND COOK'S ROOM); NO. 3 (FIRST COOK'S ROOM); NO. 7 (PARLOR MAID'S ROOM); NO. 8
(PERSONAL MAID'S ROOM) - The corner rooms on the north service hall
Architectural Materials, Features and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Baseboard, chair rail, picture rail X X X X
Wooden closets added to rooms M? X X X
Hardwood floors X X X X Some rooms with rugs, NPS
carpet added to No. 7
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access off east-west service hall X X X X
No. 8: Door added from foyer to south M? M? X X Presumably added when Maid's
Room converted to Sitting Room
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Assembled suites of bedroom furniture X X X R/L? Mostly oak with iron beds
Plain, electric wall sconces X X X X
Some period hardware for roller blinds X X X X/R No curtains in inventories, some
added by NPS
No. 8: Mahogany bedroom furniture M? M? X R/L? Maid's furnishings added when
room converted
Mechanical Systems
Radiator in each room under window X X X X
No. 8: DeVeau speaking tube, call bell M? M? X X Presumably added when Maid's
added to room
Room converted to Sitting Room
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