Seward House Featured

[Linda Anderson]

(02-23-2014 04:28 PM)MaddieM Wrote:  Are there any photos of the interior of that house from that time?

The photos Betty posted are from the interior of the Washington D.C. house. It looks to me like there is a stair railing on the left side of the top picture. If so, that would mean that the stairs started on the right side of the central hall. The stairs went up half a flight then across a landing to the other side of the hall, then up half a flight to the next floor.

Here is a photo of the exterior of the Seward house in Auburn during the Civil War. The south side was added after 1865.

http://sewardhouse.org/gallery/southeast-before-1866/

This is a gallery of photos of the house after the renovations. I haven't seen any interior photos of the house before 1865 but the Seward House may have some. The spiral staircase was installed after 1865 as well.

http://sewardhouse.org/gallery/