However, the basement was fairly dark. Using a ball the size of your hand you would roll it down a long narrow lane and try to hit 10 duckpins.
Duckpins are smaller than regular bowling pins.
Down the side of the bowling alley is a walkway which connects the library to the billiard room and then goes into the coat room where guests would hang their coats. Bowling is just one of the many ways that people entertained themselves when they visited the Dana-Thomas House.