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Interior Décor

Décor – curtains, wall covering, favorite plants and plant stands, small pillow, vases. Date @1915

Fine domestic scene — fruit and dish and table — wallcovering

Decorative porch posts (supports) dentils, and fishscale shingles (unknown address) Date @1975

Early tractor and belt driven threshing machine — 1920s trucks but horses still primary power. … Read more …

Detail — large square porch posts with no railing; see egg and dart trim under … Read more …

Home of Capt Charles Kepler (Civil War hero, Attorney, Mayor, State Legislator 2nd Street So … Read more …

First and second floor porches — details, overhang (appropriate paint colors) Date @1976

Electric generator/motor. Could be the one the city of Mt Vernon bought and used to … Read more …

Gable end; fish scale and clapboard siding; ? Date @1980

Gable with fishscale and paladin windows 209 Second Avenue NW Date @1980

Gardening couple – Note: tall picket fence.

For many years known as the Mount Vernon Hotel or Tourist Home (on Lincoln Highway; … Read more …