About this Room
Like many rooms in Rosson House, this spacious bathroom, which was original to the home, had been divided to accommodate the people who rented rooms here. As a lodging house, several additional bathrooms, powder rooms, and extra sinks were added to all three floors of the home, and had to be removed during restoration.
Find out more about some of the artifacts in the bathroom by clicking the arrows on the top left above each image. Don’t see your favorite artifact here? Let us know you’d like to learn more about something by filling out this form.
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Exhibit Signage
Rooming & Restoration
- Part of a floorpan from the restoration of Rosson House, showing their intent to remove additions to the original bathroom.
- Photograph that shows what one half of the original bathroom looked like, before restoration.
- Photograph that shows what the second half of the original bathroom looked like, before restoration.
- Photograph that shows what the bathroom looked like during restoration, with the additions and pieces of damaged flooring removed .
- Part of a floorpan from the restoration of Rosson House, showing their intent to remove additions to the original main bedroom.
- Photograph that shows the main bedroom during restoration, with a window that had been added bricked in to restore the original look of the room.
- Photograph that shows one half of the main bedroom before restoration.
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Exhibit Signage
Restoring Rosson House
- Photograph of worker restoring the curved wall and niche for the main staircase at Rosson House. (We strongly urge you to not try his method of reaching high places at home, or anywhere else for that matter!)
- Photograph of detailed restoration work being done on the mantle of the fireplace in the dining room at Rosson House.
- Photograph of restoration work being done by a Junior League volunteer. scraping the many layers of wallpaper from the walls.
- Photograph of restoration work on the parquet flooring of the formal parlor.
- Photograph of the removal of part of the floor in the back bedroom at Rosson House, to access plumbing for the home, and also to replace damaged flooring.
- Photograph of the restoration of one of the original Rosson House doors, removing layers of stain, polyurethane, and paint.
- Photograph of restoration worker doing repair work at Rosson House, in an area that likely had water damage.
- Photograph of restoration of the back porch of Rosson House, with additional doorways that had been added over time bricked over and the walls repaired.
- Photograph of the restoration of the exterior brickwork at Rosson House, chemically removing several layers of paint.
- Photograph of a worker in the Rosson House attic, with the exterior roofing removed for restoration.
- Photograph of a restoration worker tearing out additions to the back porch at Rosson House.
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