First Floor First Vestibule

Ceiling;

• Six piece elliptical "ventilated" centerpiece. This ceiling is sound and does not need to be reinforced.

Walls;

• Infill cracks in cornice. North, East & South walls should be reinforced & skimmed.

First Floor Main Vestibule

Ceiling;

• There is a six piece elliptical "ventilated" centerpiece in the first rectangle of rib mouldings, yet, there are no centerpieces within the remaining two rib patterns. It would seem that there should be centerpieces within these rib patterns to maintain symmetry through the foyer, though there is no evidence of this. There is evidence that these areas were replastered at some time, thereby covering or destroying any evidence that centerpieces were there originally. These centerpieces should be replaced to regain architectural symmetry. Since all the rooms basically have three styles of centerpieces (round - for the parlors and bedrooms, small elliptical - for the first vestibule and bay windows & large elliptical for areas between rib mouldings), it would be safe to say that a round centerpiece should go between the large rib patterns in the middle of the foyer and a large elliptical centerpiece should go between the small rib pattern near the staircase.
• Flat ceiling between rib mouldings should be reinforced & skimmed.
• Rosettes are quite intricate and should be stripped to show detail.
• Cornice is sound. They should be repointed only.

Architrave;

• The architrave over the columns has settled, damaging the abacus of the free standing column capitals (caps). The Western column cap has the most damage. Upon removing a loose piece of the abacus on the South side of the cap a rough sawn 2x3 support can be seen inside the column, since this architrave also supports the entire two floors and the tower above these columns are obviously decorative in nature.
• Columns are 9 feet 11 inches tall, made of plaster of Paris, reinforced with hemp fiber and soaked in linseed oil.