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The closet in the left corner contained cut glass from the famous Tuthill Glass Factory. ("Pop" Tuthill was superintendent of schools early in this century.) In the far corner you will find the door to the pantry. Both "good" dishes and ordinary were kept here, and there was a cabinet with a time lock which opened every Christmas so that the silverware could be taken out. Under the dining room table, a buzzer on the floor could be pushed with one's foot to summon a maid. Mrs. Morrison, by the way, enjoyed doing her own cooking. You may not be able to walk from the pantry to the kitchen, but when the family lived here, the kitchen had a combination gas and coal stove, a charcoal spit, and a big marble top table. A small room opening from the kitchen on the opposite side was the maid's dining room. |
Dining Room The Dining Room is the original Morrison family dining room with the authentic mahogany dining table and chairs. The furniture was recovered by Maxson Bixbey Smith (Rosamond Morrison's son) in a California home and returned to the college by Eugene Morrison in 1993. The high quality of the room's interior is evident in the mahogany paneled walls which feature gilded leather, the carved doors, the marble hearth and mantel, and the hand stenciled inset ceiling. The silver-plated chandelier is also original to the room, as are the wall-mounted light fixtures which provided both gas and electric light, and the red silk lambrequin used to decorate the mantel. The lambrequin was donated to the college by Mrs. Clifford Morrison in 1995.   |
