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
NO. 4 (SEWING & PRESSING ROOM)
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X
Baseboard, chair rail, picture rail X X X X
Wooden closet added to room M? X X X
Hardwood floor X X X X
Plain electric wall sconce X X X X
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access from east-west service hall X X X X
Furnishing and Interior Design Elements
Singer sewing machine, oak wash stand,
X R/L? L Prior to conversion of Maid's
trunk
Room this was likely a bedroom
Period hardware for blinds X? X X X, M No curtains in inventories. NPS
curtains added
Mechanical Systems
Radiator under window X X X X
NO. 5 (BATH)
Architectural Materials, Features, and Finishes
Painted, plaster walls X X X X No tile and marble as in all other
bathrooms
Baseboard, chair rail on west wall X X X X Other walls unclear
Modern linoleum floor on plywood sub-
X Original flooring obscured
floor
Plain, electric wall sconce X X X L Modern lighting installed
Circulation and Spatial Arrangements
Access off east-west service hall X X X X
Shared key with No. 4 X? X X X Might suggest a shared use
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