. The Lee mansion, what it was and what it is . and L hinges, shining brass knobs and escutcheons and tiled fire-places abound in all the rooms, of which there are four, beside a small dress-ing room and a large linen closet or press leading off one of the rear rooms. From this same rear room a staircase leads to the third floor, while in thekitchen chamber, what appears to be half of a double closet door opens on whatis known as the secret staircase, ending at this same floor and giving easy accessto the tower from ones chamber when on the lookout for danger. MAIN STAIRCASE, SHOWING OVAL WIND
. The Lee mansion, what it was and what it is . and L hinges, shining brass knobs and escutcheons and tiled fire-places abound in all the rooms, of which there are four, beside a small dress-ing room and a large linen closet or press leading off one of the rear rooms. From this same rear room a staircase leads to the third floor, while in thekitchen chamber, what appears to be half of a double closet door opens on whatis known as the secret staircase, ending at this same floor and giving easy accessto the tower from ones chamber when on the lookout for danger. MAIN STAIRCASE, SHOWING OVAL WINDOW 7 On the third floor one passage runs north and south, the other east andwest. The walls here are covered with papers of a Chinese design. Two large chambers open on the first passage, the south one having recessedwindows and tiled fireplace, the north, while lacking the recessed windows, hasa small dressing room leading from it. On the easterly passage two smallrooms open with no visible means of heating, while the passage ends at the back. BANQUET ROOM staircase. Two rear rooms remain on this floor, one over the kitchen is to this room that the secret staircase leads, and an inner lumber or trunkroom. The back staircase, witJi panelled watinscotting and carved rails itsentire length, leads down to the side or easterly entrance to the house andopens on the yard, where the date of the building, 1768, is set in white cobblestones, among the grey stones of the paving, which as well as the broad granite steps were religiously scrubbed, every Saturday, by later occupants of the house. Our tour of the building is not complete without a trip to the tower orCupola. Up a short flight of steps on the easterly passage a small landing and then,a little winding staircase brings us to the tower, where six small cathedral win-dows overlook not only the harbor and bay but the whole town scattered as itwas among the rocks and under the headlands. On our way down, an opendoor into
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