Within These Walls

Within These Walls... Gallery

The Museum closed on September 5, 2006 for major architectural renovations and is scheduled to reopen by fall 2008.

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These are photographs of spaces in and around the house on display in the Within These Walls... exhibition. The furnishings in the rooms are accurate to the period, but are not original to the house.

The Choate Parlor

The fine woodwork and painted and papered walls in the parlor would have provided elegant surroundings in which the Choate family could receive guests in the 1760s.

The Hallway

The expensive green paint and elaborate stair rail made this hallway a formal and somewhat intimidating space when the Dodge family lived here in the 1780s, during the American Revolution and its aftermath.

The Caldwell Parlor

When the Caldwell family remodeled the house in the 1840s they installed stoves in the fireplace openings and plastered over the 18th-century woodwork in this parlor to create a Greek Revival room.

The Yard

Laundress Catherine Lynch used the kitchen of her apartment and the yard as her workplace in the 1870s and 1880s. Visitors can try their hand at laundry tasks.

The Kitchen

With its wood and coal cooking range the kitchen was the warmest room in the house when the Scott family lived here in the 1940s.

Within These Walls... Gallery The Museum closed on September 5, 2006 for major architectural renovations and is scheduled to reopen by fall 2008. Stay in touch! Subscribe to our monthly e-mail newsletter. These are photographs of spaces in and around the house on display in the Within These Walls... exhibition. The furnishings in the rooms are accurate to the period, but are not original to the house. The Choate Parlor The fine woodwork and painted and papered walls in the parlor would have provided elegant surroundings in which the Choate family could receive guests in the 1760s. The Hallway The expensive green paint and elaborate stair rail made this hallway a formal and somewhat intimidating space when the Dodge family lived here in the 1780s, during the American Revolution and its aftermath. The Caldwell Parlor When the Caldwell family remodeled the house in the 1840s they installed stoves in the fireplace openings and plastered over the 18th-century woodwork in this parlor to create a Greek Revival room. The Yard Laundress Catherine Lynch used the kitchen of her apartment and the yard as her workplace in the 1870s and 1880s. Visitors can try their hand at laundry tasks. The Kitchen With its wood and coal cooking range the kitchen was the warmest room in the house when the Scott family lived here in the 1940s.


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