Transforming the Boarding House

[BettyO]

Found this wonderful old photo online -- it depicts the Surratt Boarding House being remodeled in 1925. This was to include the "overhang" which currently fronts the building over what was once the "English basement entrance" and took the place of old front stoop entering the 2nd floor parlor.

Another article I found stated that the old front stoop and stairway which Powell climbed "disintegrated and fell into collapse"