The kitchen was used strictly for preparing meals. It did not serve as the “heart of the home†like many kitchens do in today’s homes. The family did not gather in this room for family time. Louis Lemon worked as the McFaddin’s cook for many years. He was well known for his delicious tea cakes and French style cooking methods. The household staff took their meals here while the family dined in either the dining room, the breakfast room, or in their bedrooms.
The kitchen contains special objects. Click on the object to learn more.
Communication Tour
Kitchen
The kitchen was used strictly for preparing meals. It did not serve as the “heart of the home†like many kitchens do in today’s homes. The family did not gather in this room for family time. Louis Lemon worked as the McFaddin’s cook for many years. He was well known for his delicious tea cakes and French style cooking methods. The household staff took their meals here while the family dined in either the dining room, the breakfast room, or in their bedrooms.
The kitchen contains special objects. Click on the object to learn more.
Kitchen Pantry
The kitchen pantry is where food was stored, often canned and bottled goods. Most homes have a pantry, but perhaps not as large as this one. A pantry might be the size of a small closet or a few shelves. Everything in this pantry once belonged to the McFaddin-Ward family, even the canned goods! The house also had a "milk room" where cooler temperatures made it possible to store milk and eggs.
General Audience Tour
(Home Feature)
The kitchen pantry is where food was stored, often canned and bottled goods. Most homes have a pantry, but perhaps not as large as this one. A pantry might be the size of a small closet or a few shelves. Everything in this pantry once belonged to the McFaddin-Ward family, even the canned goods! The house also had a "milk room" where cooler temperatures made it possible to store milk and eggs.
Kitchen Annunciator System
Every room in the house had a special built in button the family pushed to alert members of the household staff when they needed service. When the button was pushed the little arrows on this box lit up and the bell rang, alerting the staff of a request. The staff member could then use the interphone, located on the wall underneath this box, to check on the family member, or the staff would personally visit the family member wherever they were located in the home. General Audience Tour
(Object/Artifact)
Every room in the house had a special built in button the family pushed to alert members of the household staff when they needed service. When the button was pushed the little arrows on this box lit up and the bell rang, alerting the staff of a request. The staff member could then use the interphone, located on the wall underneath this box, to check on the family member, or the staff would personally visit the family member wherever they were located in the home.
Kitchen Interphone
This device is an interphone. It's connected to other interphones located throughout the house and carriage house where the household staff lived. This communication device allowed the staff and family to talk to each other without having to leave their work spaces. Notice that this interphone has 3 buttons instead of the 10 buttons like the main interphone located under the main staircase. Which rooms in the house do you think this interphone connects to for "kitchen business"? General Audience Tour
(Object/Artifact)
This device is an interphone. It's connected to other interphones located throughout the house and carriage house where the household staff lived. This communication device allowed the staff and family to talk to each other without having to leave their work spaces. Notice that this interphone has 3 buttons instead of the 10 buttons like the main interphone located under the main staircase. Which rooms in the house do you think this interphone connects to for "kitchen business"?
Kitchen
