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Hall doorway: A suite doorway to the public hall. All the hall doorways were the keyhole theme shape there was a large plate glass placed where the rounded part was that allowed light into the hallways to supplement the totally modern but weak 45 watt lighting.

bedroom of a suite: Ground room suites were the highly prized occupancy. No stairs to climb for the multiple clothes changes required per day, private doors to the outside, and easy access to the dining room and ballroom. This is the bedroom of one of the ground floor suites. The suites consisted of bedroom, reading room (men’s private office) and parlor (woman’s private office) and full service bath (hot and cold running water). Each room except the bath had doors to your private hallway that had your private front door to the large porch outside.)

Suite doors: These are the private doors to the outside for the 3 room suite. To the right would be the bedroom, to the left would be the parlor (women’s retreat). About where I was standing to the right was the private library (men’s retreat). They had baby grand pianos on wheels where they could be brought in if you wanted a piano to play. Also notice the keyhole windows for the doors, continuing the theme.

What’s my line 1910: Going through the 1910 census of my relatives I came upon this odd occupation I couldn’t read. It’s the last line there I included the few above it for comparison - Carpenter, none, none, and… what? Well I guessed a few things but did a bit more research and came up with the answer. My first guess was timer - maybe something to do with the railroad? but nope… can you tell what it is? I’ll tell you if you are right.

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