Killing Lincoln - Nat Geo (Reactions)

[Linda Anderson]

Good catch, Laurie. I didn't notice that Pelz had left out the center front window. If you had looked straight at the front door of the Seward house in Seward's time, there would have been three windows across the front or the west side. The six windows were added on the south side to give more light to the house. However, I think Pelz got the diagram right (except for omitting the center window) because he was drawing what he saw. He got the location of Seward's bedroom wrong because somebody gave him the wrong information. I would think that the center window was in Seward's room since it was the master bedroom.

I had wondered, too, if the center window was part of the hall but I read in an article about the Blaines' daughter's wedding that the staircase was in the back of the house.

Betty, thanks for pointing out the window's walk. Do you think the architect, Jacob Swimley, included it because he was building it for Commodore John Rodgers who had a distinguished career in the U. S. Navy?