. Re-dedication of the Old State House, Boston, July 11th, 1882 . the way, had been covered at different periods by two,and in some places by three, upper or finish-floors. These in-dications upon the original under-floors also gave me the posi-tion of all the doors, their thresholds being clearly defined byopenings directly through the under floor, as in the case ofthresholds in old buildings of that date. But the most important development of all was the openingup of the original framing in the second floor around thecircular staircase, as represented in the accompanying was on
. Re-dedication of the Old State House, Boston, July 11th, 1882 . the way, had been covered at different periods by two,and in some places by three, upper or finish-floors. These in-dications upon the original under-floors also gave me the posi-tion of all the doors, their thresholds being clearly defined byopenings directly through the under floor, as in the case ofthresholds in old buildings of that date. But the most important development of all was the openingup of the original framing in the second floor around thecircular staircase, as represented in the accompanying was one mysterious circumstance in connection withthis framing, — the centre of the circular gallery of thestaircase was found to be one foot from the centre of thecircular hall surrounding it, when they would both be natu-rally drawn from one centre. This was explained, however, ingood time, by the fortunate discovery of the original plans ofthe building, they having been found by Mr. Whitmore at Cin-cinnati ; the reason of the diflerence in the two centres was at. APPENDIX G. l,jO once apparent, it having been purposely arranged to equalize acertain amoimt of room gained through a peculiar manner ofterminating the staircase on the second-floor landing. The plan of the interior having been determined, and thenature of the accommodations, next came the treatment of finish,and the character of the architecture. Sketches and a carefulstudy were at ouce made of all the buildings erected in thisvicinity, of about the date of the Old State House ; among them,several dwellings at the North End, Christ Church, HancockHouse, Kings Chapel, Royall House at Medford, the House at Roxbury, several public and private buildingsat Salem, Newbury port, and Portsmouth were carefully exam-ined. With these studies and the several wood-cuts and litho-graphic plates of the old liiiihling itself, dating from the days ofPaul Revere down (he having made the first engraving), togetherwith exist
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