Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-09

came To Augusta on Tuesday, Aug
us1 IL. 1873 and remained until Fri
day the 10th. when ne went with Mr..
Blaine II Bar aarbor. He was the
guest Of Mr. Blaine, then Speaker of
the National House uf Representa-
lives. The daughter Of Mr.. Maoley
recalls that she WIS taken into the
Blaine House ID meet President
Grant and was presented IN MN II
me billiard room" This proves that
the new part was built prior 10 Pres
ident Grants visit But the time Of
the changes is more CLOSELY fixed hT
q ietter OF Mrs. Blaine's. dated MAY
% 1872. 10 her sDr Walker, VINO was
then IN Europe, II which she wrote
on will find the oid house all rem
ovarad" she referrad To the many
things which mad been dome.
In the south SIDE Of the old part
and ID the left Of the hall We're TWO
connecting rooms called the front
parlar" and back pa-ior." In the
north side and to the rIgnr OF the han
were TWO rooms. the front called the
sitting room ana back Of tna1 the
dining runrn At this time : recran-
gular addition wItn tong windows
was built upon me south wal of the
oid part for z conBerva-ory the en-
trance into which was from the
front Barlor Al this time also, or
only z little later the partition be
tween the sitting room" and the din
ing room was taken down and The
-wn roums thrown INTO one long din
ing ~oom. Two pillars which stood
out d little from the nn--h and south
walls took the place or the partition.
These pillars have n the recent
changes been removed In that part
OF Lne dining ~norn which had been
The Sitting room" was the original
waInscotlnE put IN when the house
was built This was non reproduced
IL the rest OF the roum when the TWO
rooms Ware thrown together, hui d
different style useG. The Old waIns-
corlng has now been reproduced IN
the resi- Of the room.
M Blaine was SO much pleased
with the efferr OF the one long room
-AASAA LII Atl4hN 4iie NVL~4 ~4it WV AieA4
lOrs ware changed IN the same way
The partitions between the TWO and
the conservatory were taken down
and replaced with the pillars now
there and the three rooms made into
one large living room. That part
winch haG been The Conservatory was
afterwards always called in the fam
ilv the "Aicppe y
Ia the south side Of and center Of
the Old ell was an entrance with dou-
bic doors and small ohlong porch
which led into the low ceilinged haIi
or corridor between the ha1l in the
old part and the library" and -'biI-
lard room in the new
On the Last evening. Thursday. OF
President Grants visit z reception
and ball was given in his honor by
MI Elaine An eIahorately CON
structed dancing pavilion gracefully
trimmed with flags and streamers"
was built for the occasion. The pa
viIion was q platform covered by q
marquee tent erected between the
old and new part in front Of this
porch and the guests went from the
house into The pavilion through this
entrance.
In later wears the space between
the old and new parts on each SHE
and in f-nnt Of the porch was filed
II tp make an open veranGa with
balustrade in front and the Eteps
lending I'D into the porch We're placed
in front of this veranda AT the east
END Of the veranda was a window
into the living room; the wall and
wainscuting under this window were
hinged SO that II could be used ar
door or 10 the veranda- This win
dow is now a door from the living
room into the new lounge The long
hall or corridor upstairs connecting
the new and old parts and over the
corridDr below, just deEeribeG. was
known in the family as the '.gaIlery.''
The kitchen and other service rooms
were II the north side of the ell and
new part. The service entrance from
the street was through a vestibuie
built on tine north side of the hnuse
where the ell JBined the old part:
doors aisp opened irrto these rooms
from the mall on the southern eide Of
the ell which has just been described
In the recent changes ali that part
of the tlguHe between the old and new
parts was torn down and has been
replaced with new structure and a
changed plan.
When the Goldman picture was
painted there was no cupola on the
original house. A lady now living in
Augusta. whose memory goes back
many q year, states that there was
a cupDia on II when Greenwood Child
lived there and that flowers used To
be placed by the windows in the GU
poia- II was observed that the Or
namentariun on this cupola and also
ON the one on the new part, on the
porch over the south entrance and
on the '.alcove" WIS Of the saG-G de-
sign. This ernamanfatinn mas ncw
been replaced with the simple details
Of the frunt porch. Z there was q