page_title: Servants' hall
hierarchical_section_title: Servants' hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north at the Servants' Hall from the Family Dining Room at Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery. The Family Dining Room is in the rear half of the center section of the house, north of the Main Hall (the entrance). Once an open-air arcade, this area was later enclosed by the Lees and turns into a Servants' Hall. This area is now off-limits to the public, due to earthquake damage. Beginning in 2008, Arlington House began a major conservation and restoration effort. A modern HVAC system was installed to help prevent moisture and mold damage to the house and its contents, and conservation and restoration of its structural elements also occurred. The effort was due to end in 2012, but the August 2011 earthquake resulted in moderate structural damage to the house. The back wall separated from the mansion, requiring the rear passageway and conservatory to be declared off-limits. The second floor is also closed to visitors. The National Park Service says it has no idea when the house will reopen, as most NPS money is going for repairs to the Washington Monument. Arlington House was built by George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington, in 1803. George Hadfield, also partially designed the United States Capitol, designed the mansion. The north and south wings were completed between 1802 and 1804. but the large center section and portico were not finished until 1817. George Washington Parke Custis died in 1857, leaving the Arlington estate and house to his eldest daughter, Mary Custis Lee -- wife of General Robert E. Lee.
context_page_description: The servants' hall is a common room for domestic workers in a great house. The term usually refers to the servants' dining room.
  If there is no separate sitting room, the servants' hall doubles as the place servants may spend their leisure hours and serves as both sitting room and dining room.
context_section_description: The servants' hall is a common room for domestic workers in a great house. The term usually refers to the servants' dining room.
  If there is no separate sitting room, the servants' hall doubles as the place servants may spend their leisure hours and serves as both sitting room and dining room.
caption: View from family dining room into servant's hall. Arlington House.
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