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Show 11. The coJUdttee worked to determine the original plan of the house. Porches, on the first floor, added after the death of Brlghaa Young 'Were destroyed .. The rear portion of the building, starting frOJll the reception hall back, does not reveal the floor plan as it was during Br1ghaa YQung's tlae. 'lbe coJllJdttee knew that certain reoas. existed in the rear portion, so the space was utilIzed in the best way possible to .show these various rooaa. The orginal wall colors, as desertbed by Clarissa Young Spencer, were . authenticated as layers of paint and paper were scraped off the walls)l Because ot the rellOdeling that the Beehive House had uMergone, it was n8Ce88arY to reMOve all the old plaster. As the onginal adobe lI&8onry of the outside walls were uncovered, evideDC. could be seen . designating the early partitions, doorways, and the spiral staircase that was Jlentioned in Clarrisa's JDan1,1SCript. Round pegs .in .th.wall indicated the location of the original risers and str1ngera~ .'l.'he staircase that had been built by John W. Young, was removed; aDd. the spiral sta.1rcase w.. reconatructed.froa '1'ruJ.a.n -O. Angell's c:lrawlnge.J2 Clarissa Spencer had mentioned her bedrooll, which was iued1ately aboV&- her fa.ther's. and stated the the roo. was sixteen feet square. 'lbe ceillng was lower than this, and the cOJUdttee asswaed it had been an error on the part of her m.llory • However , ·when :the worDen were atteJlpting to Mk& connections for electricity, they discoTered that the ceiling had been lowered during one of the pre~ous remodelings. WheJl the ce;¥Dg was reJllOved, the roo. was just as Clarlssa. had reaeabered 1 t. . . .. . '!be doorbell, which had served. during the time of Brigbala Young wa.s discovered when the falSe ceillngs were removed. Even the wire which led fro_ the front door to the bell was still in tact. JOhn W. Young had paneled the front hall, covering the marbellzed waJ.l.s, of Brlgha.Ja Young's tie, '!'bis paneling. along with the carved archway he had plac~ in the front. ba.ll, was removed aDd placed in the rear reception hall. . . 'lhe front en'b:aJ1ce door on South Teaple had been moved to the back section of the building to . serve as the east entrance door on State street. It was restored to its original position, along with the s-u. panes of glass that werecQntellpor&ry with the t1me of false graining. '!'he valls of the main entrance on the first, second, andth1rd floors were painted to SiDlulate a tan Tennessee Harbel • . Even the JIlOldlng, as one aoves up the stairway, is painted. ~nid., page 20. Ibid.. page 21. 3JIbid. J4Ibid •• page 21, 22. |
