Governor's Mansion Renovation All Records
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Note ID: | JL56 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 80s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 5/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Northeast Bedroom and Bath (E) / Family Room (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of prior wallpaper hidden by partitions and ceiling of walk-in closet. Wallpaper pattern is clusters of roses evenly spaced. On north and east walls above lower ceiling of closet, the rose wallpaper is obscured by what appears to be black soot extending 2' to 3' down from the ceiling, possibly due to the 1920s fire. |
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Note ID: | JL59 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 80s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 5/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Private Dining Room, Bathroom, and Powder Room (E) / Bedroom and Bathroom #3 (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of southeast corner bathroom within original house where evidence of three ceilings exist--the just demolished bathroom ceiling at 8' high, an earlier plaster and metal lath ceiling (with a decorative wallpaper border) about 1 1/2' above the bathroom ceiling, and a still earlier (probably original) plaster and riven lath ceiling at the underside of the ceiling joists. The earliest plaster ceiling has a small wood crown molding that is painted green with the east wall plaster, while the ceiling plaster is painted off-white. |
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Note ID: | JL60 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 80s | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 5/21/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Private Dining Room, Bathroom, and Powder Room (E) / Bedroom and Bathroom #3 (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Video and digital photos of southeast corner closet where an earlier ceiling and south wall finish is visible above the closet ceiling. The earlier plastered south wall is painted green and has an apparent wallpaper border just below the ceiling that is composed of red roses (different from the rose patterned wallpaper in the northeast corner discussed above). The earlier plaster ceiling is painted off-white along with a small crown molding that appears to be different than the crown molding above the adjacent bathroom. At the west end of this south plaster wall above the closet ceiling, there is a another wallpaper that is separated by an apparent partition ghost line. This other wallpaper is beige with a white pattern of flowers within a medallion-type framework. |
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Note ID: | MS192 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Attic | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Demolition of 2nd floor ceilings (in the area above the Ballroom) and removal of material from the attic reveals the original attic framing at the northeast corner (the southeast corner is still full of debris): a large timber set at a 45-degree angle anchors framing from two directions. |
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Note ID: | MS200 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Beneath Ballrooms | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Removal of casing and finishes reveals the original window framing and its later alterations at the north end of the space. |
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Note ID: | MS201 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Kitchen Service Area (E) / Serving Scullery (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Removal of the elevator and its associated equipment reveals how the east wall was modified to accommodate this convenience. The east side of the wall has been shored and stabilized. A wood beam is throughbolted above the now enlarged opening in the east wall where the elevator was removed. |
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Note ID: | MS198 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Men's Room (E) / Powder Room (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Installing utilities requires a vertical chase and channeling brick wall. |
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Note ID: | MS196 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Security Office (E) / Executive Protection Unit (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Workers have begun to cut into the historic joists of the basement ceiling so that utility lines and fan coil units can be installed. |
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Note ID: | MS199 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Security Office (E) / Executive Protection Unit (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Removal of all framing and casing in the Security Office reveals what appears to be an original door opening in the south wall of this space (whitewashed, finished brick jambs). The cast concrete base has been removed with a jackhammer. |
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Note ID: | MS197 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80's | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 5/22/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Basement - Security Office (E) / Executive Protection Unit (R) | Work Type: | Demolition | Notes: | Opening the cabinet in Security Office, beneath the Old Governor's Office hearth, reveals the arched brick support of the chimney mass . |
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