Interior Details of the Farmhouse and Kitchen Wing

The interior of the farmstead is significant since its original floor plan was only changed to accommodate a c. 1940 modern bathroom. There are two parlors flanking a central hall and stairwell at the front, and two rooms to the back. The bathroom is sandwiched between two parlor rooms on the west side in which a second interior wall, parallel to the original partitioned wall, was built within the back (west) parlor. The second story has two large bedroom chambers. The west chamber is a large open room, and the east chamber, which is lighted by the kneewall windows, is separated by two wide, framed openings creating the appearance of three distinct sleeping quarters. The walls and ceilings throughout the house are made of plaster with "horse hair" as its binder and wooden split-lathe for its backing. The flooring system utilizes the use of wide wooden boards of random width in both the sub and finish floors; the interior doors are flat four panel doors, and the interior trim is made up of 4 1/2" and 4" plain board headers and side casings, respectively.

The interior of the kitchen wing is divided into three spaces: a long working kitchen which once had a cast iron wood stove, and a two functional spaces along eastern wall - a small storage pantry and L-shaped stairwell leading to an attic finished with unpainted homasote wall boards.

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