This was a rotunda with an oculus in the middle of it. The oculus was several feet wide. The room is completely circular. Even the woodwork is steamed into place to fit in a circular room. The dome is mostly gone now. We have various remnants of it in storage. It was plastered, painted skyblue to imitate to the outdoor sky. And the oculus gave early appearance of having leaked quite a bit. The interior was the interior of the dome was painted skyblue. The walls, there is some evidence they were painted a dusty rose or almost a pink. What we have here is the beginning of several surprises on this floor. There is an arched statuary niche. You would have put a marble or plaster statue you to add to the scene. There was an added niche on the side but it appears to have originally held an iron heating stove. Then we enter the two main living areas of the house, the dining room and the parlor. The big surprise here, these rooms with gigantic 14foot ceilings and twin curved walls that butted
When Tantalissia Champs and James Lin registered for a slavery and records practicum taught by Kathryn Newfont in the fall of 2023, they had no idea how impactful their experience would be.