Mamie did have her own bathroom as a child. The bathroom is original to the home's construction in 1905-1906.
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This Persian rug is one of the finest in the McFaddin-Ward House Collection with about 300 knots per square inch. It was hand-knotted, of wool, between 1910 and 1915. The rug was purchased from Semaan Oriental Rugs in Houston, Texas in 1937 for a cost of $1,150.00
The rug did get wet during Hurricane Rita as water seeped into the room from the coal fireplace. The rug was professionally cleaned after that storm in 2005.

This Persian rug is one of the finest in the McFaddin-Ward House Collection with about 300 knots per square inch. It was hand-knotted, of wool, between 1910 and 1915. The rug was purchased from Semaan Oriental Rugs in Houston, Texas in 1937 for a cost of $1,150.00
The rug did get wet during Hurricane Rita as water seeped into the room from the coal fireplace. The rug was professionally cleaned after that storm in 2005.
Like many other furnishings in the home, this Persian rug demonstrates Ida and Mamie’s desire to provide a fully and cohesively decorated home for themselves and their guests. As two upper-class women, they were in control of their domestic space and flourished in their roles as homemakers with their similarly-paired personal style. The Green Bedroom was utilized as a childhood bedroom for Mamie and a guest bedroom by Ida’s sister, Ouida, and therefore was spared no detail in its decoration.


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The mahogany drop-front desk, circa 1907, was purchased from the Robert Mitchell Furniture Co., in Cincinnati, Ohio. The front panel contains a secret shallow drawer that springs open when a hidden button is pushed. Desks were an important part of room decor as writing letters was the primary method of communicating over long distances until the mid twentieth century.

Ida either purchased the desk at their storefront or ordered through the companies catalog. Ida and Mamie often visited Cincinnati for higher end purchases as they made their way to Huntington, West Virginia to visit the Caldwell side of the family.

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