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Show 13. Interior Repairs Of course, inside, the old plaster was removed and new took its place. The floors were refinished and sanded. All the ceilings and woodwork were refinished. New d1v1ded wirtdow sa.shes were placed. on the first and secom noors J others were given extenaive repa.1r. False ceilings were reaoYed J the rear sleeping porch was deaollshedJ a.nd the old floor b8UIS were repaired. and braced. 40 '!be window and door casings iD uny of the roo. are elaborated with a saple leaf' or 1 yY design. It is not known whether this was doDe during the tiae of Brlghaa Young, or his son, JohnW. Y011llg. , :secause of the doubt as to whether the carv1ng was orglnal. to the house, and because of the wdforaity of the design throughout the bouse indicating it was dODe at the salle tiae. the carved casings were left. 41 ! ' . Copper ra.d1ant heating was coxeal.ed 1n the Brlghaa Young portion of the house. A co.b1naUon or natural llghta.Jld light froa fixtures is used. "I f ..that lan't enough -for- soste areas, ' i~t llghting is used (above the doors or cornice JIIOldings.}. 2 - , ' ;,.. . ~ ', Sou rOOD not autbenlc to the hOM as orginally built, have been restored to show conditions of the ,times, or a period of tiae after Brighaa Young's death. '!base 8JlClude the boy's brirooJlS, the playrooa, the schoolroo., the 1889 bedrOOll, the 1888 81 ttlng rooll, , the Gardo Rooa, and the foraal dinn1Jlg roo•• However • it is known that there were Dine aeabers in the faa1ly. iJ'lCluding Lucy Decker a.nd Brigbaa Young. andthese 'rooas weuld have to be used to advantage to tak-.e care of these peQpl.••4J ' The ~ther' s , ~0lI set (Luey Decker ,Young). ,waS in ,;the possession - "..~ ':i . :. . . , :: . -,-"\- of Ezra. Taft Benson. in th~bouse ' ''',"', ~ . " ,.-. . .. . : :".-; ,',:, ., ., It bad belonged to his grandfather. ,' The were, collected frOll relatives and friends. ~y objec~ Some were purchased and soae were donated. '!he ,fireplace untel in the s1tting rooa 1s dupllcated froa the orlg1naJ. which was found in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museu•• , Above the windows are pressed-brass cornices. a holdover from the Greek Revival. Most of the cornices in the house have a swag and fringe. antheJldon or fruit JaOtif.1f4 '!he bathroo.. has one featur e which wa$ unique for early da.ys--a built-in bathtub with a drain. 'Ihe vater ran out of , the tub, through ashes" which acted as a purifying agent" then on its way to lIater the livestock. Of course, thethacLto be carried into the bathroom first. '~~ Lt.l' Ib1d. ~ ,4 2ibId•• page 27~ 4jlbid •• ~oe 44Ibld. 31. ' . ." '; '. " |
