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Governor's Mansion Tour
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" I was just talking about wear and tear this such a great example you've picked up the -- front off."
" And you can save aware that our visitors the many visitors that come through that have done over the years yeah. We're looking forward to having the wood conservative comment the justices."
" All want to -- that the beautiful parquet now this is not from the early eighteen hundreds though is it."
" No it's not that the house underwent some major changes in 196 and we believe that this parquet floor dates to that period okay."
" So you're talking moving packing and that we you know you still have some of the beautiful -- that belonged here out of what's what's the logic it you've been triage and what's go."
" We have we went through and made a systematic study of pieces that we wanted to have conserved ones that we were gonna take with us. Others that we were gonna store through this process and some of them are still hearing you can see this beautiful table we're very proud of this. It's one of our most treasured possessions we believe that it's a real -- a table and."
" is a cabinetmaker. Contemporary American five and he made a lot of things with gilded Eagles of course the symbol of the young republic. And this one is in plain mahogany probably Cuban or Dominican. The marble top. And."
" That's exciting it is -- and we're anxious to get it to the conserving her obviously the marble needs in war and you've got these wonderful convicts mayors."
" So things either go to conservation or historic or -- and temporary or that's correct."
" And you can see here as we've already -- with the floors. Are the systems. Particularly the mechanical systems yeah. This is our old style air handler that purchases. Sometimes with both heat and air conditioning only them. And it probably condenses leak it does you can see the rust and habits and has warned the floors and also it's unsightly it hides the beautiful wings got that we have here right."
" So those are all being removed and yet to HBC systems installed along that. Acting like wiring plumbing et cetera."
" We have party remains some of these air handlers. And you can see the beautiful paneling that snare. Other work that we have to do you can see the layers and layers of -- it have been applied over the years. We're anxious to restore the Christmas. Beauty of."
" When you can ceiling down here with the molding still protected. By the last eighty years of having those radiation place I mean the crispness of the molding is still there it is all hand planed. And then the paint has been lifted -- and you can see the original and a great blue paint that was on here this is going to be exciting work -- Sosa."
" Floor I mean. That's right and we're anxious where these air handlers have come off the floors will be concerned it cannot say westward shore -- about this room this famous area looks quite different than what it normally does help with beautiful furnishings. We refer to it is the ladies' parlor it was probably where families that came as the governor Wednesday while business is being conducted across a crop. And normally we have a very beautiful portrait of Pocahontas and here. Also you can see from this mantelpiece. The kinds of work that we had into -- yeah and."
" This is and Adams style mantelpiece probably original to the early eighteen hundred's with. The decorations are kind of molded decorations and it lost. Because of the layers of me. Now the room across the -- it was the old governor Don --"
" There's office originally the governor and conducted business here and this was the office that he had the room that he had set up this -- office yes. And I'd like this initiative Fred Eckert acne is. In charge of the restoration of the wood and the mantle's threatening."
" Now what do you say about the condition of these mantelpiece this well -- were -- in the hands. Somebody you know that there are these the torch on it and -- samples of paint command only the -- story and it. Exposed a lot of -- own chart would the composition that was applied there which was an early form of made up of sawdust hardly news -- plaster -- that how was this attached to notice you've got some holes -- now originally would have been attached with big cut nails and a wooden block this -- obviously been -- and removed and then put back on again and then -- twentieth century. Machine bolts right with anchors in the masonry so are you ready to put down -- the real. This state back that's clear these guys know what you're doing here redeker. Always mysterious moment -- to say what's yeah well haven't been pulled down once before out. It's unlikely it is much of anything known -- or label or or cabinet maker's marks. It's obviously federal sat on roof yes well -- wonderful board people with big. Break."