River Lea

Living room
William Cleveland Allen's Villa at River Lea
Beaver Island State Park, Grand Island, NY

None of the furniture is original to the house; however, all are period correct.

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Greek Revival window treatment. Eastlake pier mirror	Plaster frieze	Greek Revival window treatment	Eastlake pier mirror

Eastlake chair	Eastlake chair	Eastlake chair	Eastlake chair

Greek Revival window treatment. Since there were no screens, lace curtains helped keep the bugs out.	Kittinger reproduction Federal Sheraton style sofa	Sheraton style baluster arm support and reeded legs	Other end of room opposite the front windows shown in the first illustration above

1850 Steinway grand piano	Piano leg: foliate design on knee ... whorl foot	Music stand: center lyre design surrounded by scrolls	Lyre design adaptation

Story-Clark electric organ Used in the Congregational Church on West River near Staley in the early 1900s.	Story-Clark electric organ - spindle gallery	Story-Clark electric organ - Note copper spittoon

Staircase: Factory made banisters and newel. Stair-end design taken from a pattern book.	Factory made banisters. Stair-end design taken from a pattern book.	Staircase: capstan newel post	Capstan newel post

Special thanks to Grand Island Historical Society President Curt Nestark for his cooperation
and
Grand Island Historical Society Historian Dottie Roehrig for her assistance

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