Fireplace in first floor tower

Most of the windows, except those fronting Main Street in the Library, have full wooden shutters in the upper and in the lower sections. These shutters recess into the side framing of each window thereby providing screens, for vision and also to maintain more even temperatures within the building.

The whole building was renovated in 1915, at which time much of the plumbing and electrical services were up-dated. The central hot-water heating system was introduced, which made all of the living quarters much more comfortable. Today, the Masonic Lodge has installed two, low pressure hot-water furnaces, side by side, in the basement below the “Billiard Room”. One is fired by natural gas and the other by heating oil, so that we are prepared, in the event of an emergency, to heat the building with either furnace. They are vented through the fireplace flue in the “Billiard Room”.

Sitting/Reception Room