The temperature outside plummeted below zero that first January night in the house. The chill permeated inside as we tore down a wall in a closet where we believed a doorway was entombed by sheetrock decades earlier when the house was converted to apartments. It took little time for opened walls to reveal a door of solid stature, 130 years old, eight feet tall, adorned with ornate brass hinges and fixtures. Carefully prying off a wall stud nailed to its face, we opened the door, walking back in time, and into an odyssey of discovery throughout the house and across the pages of its history. That night our journey began.

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 Under Construction | Second floor Parlor

 Under Construction| Main floor Parlor

 Under Construction | Second floor bedrooms

  Under Construction | Servant's quarters