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Show 14. '!bere is. also a washstand, with a towel tacked to the wall behlnd it to abserb water splashes, an adult and a child's colUlOde and a medicine chest that contained. such delightfUl remedies as "bitters," a medicinal boon to wMls as well as people. 45 'lbe fireplace in the entry hall. was added during the ti_ of JOM w. Young. as was the intricate ~\dng and trill found in COl'Ulection with soae of the panel1ng. A beehive eabell.1shes the stairway on the second floor newel post. newel post. More are found At ope tiae, there was a large brick OYeD in the kltchen,wbich was 1n constant use. However, investigation failed to sbow where it had been loca.ted. so rather than gJle3S, it was notreatored. '!ben 1& a water pump 1n the Jdtchen. 47 . Second Floor-'lhe bed was acquired froll Virginla Bla1r of JA)pn, and beloMed. to her granclmOther, Mary Ann Alsgell. as d1d the cellMOde. . .. 'lb1s bedrOOll . set is walnut and 15 d1spla.yed in the : youngest '!'he forM! dinning rOOM on the f1rat,:~ floor was Qrg1nally the men's ' . dimd.ng rooll. It was remodeled in John W. Young's time. and it was restored to refiect his taste. to the roolll, the ro&ft. and also the radiators. He furnished: it Gas chandeliers were orgina.l. '!hey are the only orginal i tams 1D . It was decora.ted., in Eapire period style. Victorian enfluenee can be seen in wall paper and hand-stencl1ed walls. '!he dinning rOOIl had a hand.-steneiled s11vexp.m. gold pattern. Clarissa Spencer and her ~U8band 11ved In the 1880 ~oo. after their marr1age. " '!he painting, "Madonna of the Chair" which Is displayed in this bedroom belonged to Clara Decker, LucY's slster. Clara. had it on display In her bedroolll-sittlng roo_ in the Lion House all the lived t};lere. 45 46Ibid.. page 39. Ibid., page 41. 47Ibid •• page 43. 4Ibid., 8 - page 48. yeus she |
