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Built and attributed to the work of Beaumont architect Henry Conrad The McFaddin family’s wealth enabled them to staff the house, grounds, and garage with a variety of domestic employees that included butlers, maids, chauffeurs, yardmen, and laundresses, many of whom worked for the family for decades. Photographs
of McFaddin-Ward House domestic employees Tom, chauffeur, and Albertine Parker, seasonal employee (1), Brunie Payne, laundress (2); Cecilia Smith, maid and daughter of Brunie Payne (3).
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Mauer in
1907, the carriage house included service quarters for domestic employees, a
garage area for carriages and later automobiles, stalls and a hay loft for
farm animals, and a large gymnasium. 