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Toy Arnett gives a tour of the newly renovated home.
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The wood trim, ceilings and floors have been restored throughout the house. The staircase in the background leads to the third floor ballroom.
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The stairs lead to the first floor where there are three bedroom, three baths, office and a central living area leading to the back porch.
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The stairs lead to the first floor where there are three bedroom, three baths, office and a central living area leading to the back porch.
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The downstairs floors are the original oak hardwood.
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The kitchen interior was designed by Dolly Berthelot and custom built to provide additional work space while keeping water views and a style compatible with the original floor plan. Simple custom wood cabinets in the Shaker style use painted pine fronts that simulate the antique beveled heart pine on the porch and upstairs ceiling and in some kitchen area walls.
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The dining room set was manufactured in 1924 which was the same year that the house was built.
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The stained glass windows are from a convent in Cincinatti, Ohio.
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Full length window open onto the front porch. The facade of the house faces south.
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The bay window is on the west wall of the house in the front parlor. The pocket door pictured above is on the right of this frame.
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This living space adjoins the west front parlor.
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Two full length windows frame the east corner of the house in the front parlor.
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This living room/parlor adjoins the east front parlor.
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There is a second floor porch.
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This is the front room on the east side of the second floor.
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During the recent church renovation an archaeology study revealed graves of the lost rectors. These three men were the first three rectors of the church. Until 1988, it was only a locally accepted legend that they were indeed buried under the church. Some tales even said that Union troops disentombed them in search for valuables. Dr. Judy Bense of the University of West Florida Archaeology Institute found evidence that the legned may have some validity. The white marble memorial plaque inlaid into the wooden floor is located in the center of the photograph.
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