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Second Floor Plan - Small West Chamber
This bedroom was built as part of the 1785 expansion. When two families lived in the house at the same time (for instance, Thomas Walter Ward’s family and that of his son Thomas Walter Ward Jr.), the older family typically lived in the expansion. There is...
Second Floor Plan - Northeast Chamber
This bedroom is part of the so-called “old house”, the first half of the home that was built. The upper part of the old attic stairs can still be found in the room’s closet. View more details .
Second Floor Plan - Middle Chamber
This bedroom is part of the so-called “old house”, the first half of the home that was built. View more details.
Second Floor Plan - Ballroom
The ballroom exhibits an unusual architectural feature: a fold-up wall. The wall in the center of this room could be lifted to the ceiling, opening the space for dancing or large dinners. Conversely, the wall could stand vertically to create an additional...
Second Floor Plan - Northwest Chamber
This bedroom was built as part of the 1785 expansion. When two families lived in the house at the same time (for instance, Thomas Walter Ward’s family and that of his son Thomas Walter Ward Jr.), the older family typically lived in the expansion. General...
Second Floor Plan - Front Hall
The front hall was added to the house in 1785. The wallpaper and carpet are not original to the house but were custom-designed and installed as part of a 1970s restoration project to furnish the house as it might have looked in 1830. View more details.
First Floor Plan - Front Hall
The front hall was added to the house in 1785. Notably, the hall introduced another front door to the house, leading to the symmetrical two door appearance from the outside. Combined with the new staircase, this new door allowed the 1785 addition to...
First Floor Plan - Dairy Room
Though currently furnished with General Artemas Ward’s personal effects, this room was never actually his bedroom. In fact, it was built in 1830, decades after Artemas Ward died. The room was used predominately as a dairy room, its walls lined with pans...
First Floor Plan - Sitting Room
The sitting room was part of the original saltbox house. The wallpaper and carpet are not original to the house but were custom-designed and installed as part of a 1970s restoration project to furnish the house as it might have looked in 1830, the date of...
First Floor Plan - Parlor
The parlor was added to the house in 1785. Parlors were typically the most formal rooms of the house and often the domain of the female head of household. View more details.
