Rooms are panelled with a varnished yellow heart pine, milled in a corduroy pattern. Silas died in 1913. In 1916, his second wife, Mattie, sold the house to Dr. Helms. Mattie lived some years after Silas died. Rod Bigelow, in charge of the internet for the Bigelow society, researched this information 12 Apr 2000 when in Tampa.
Carriage house is still there also, in use, and also restored.
After some discussion, it was discovered that, besides having been a hospital for eight years, the artist, Jack Bonaker Wilson died in the mansion in 1965 at age 52. She said some employees working at the mansion since, have had a priest come and bless the house before they would work there. I am interested in becoming a member of the Bigelow Society. Please let me know what I should do. I live in Tallahassee, Florida.