A section of demolished gutter above the second floor the Lincoln Home. A staff member continues demolition in the background.
Keyword: Second Floor
View of the original steps from the front stairwell to the rear attic space over the east side of the Lincoln Home. Steps can be seen from the first floor Dining Room closet. Photographer facing North. Steps were enclosed during the 1855-56 addition of the second floor of the Lincoln Home.
View of the new steel support beam installed over the door frame between the Front and Rear Parlors. Original floor supports can be seen at the top of the photo, along with original wall and ceiling plaster and lath work to the front background, left, and right of the photo. Photographer facing east.
Workers removing plaster from the ceiling of the Lincoln Home, probably in the 2nd floor Back Hall. Note the exposed lath work. Photographer facing west.
Worker removing plaster from the ceiling of the Lincoln Home, probably in the 2nd floor Back Hall. Note the exposed lath work. Photographer facing west.
Worker removing plaster from ceiling in 2nd floor back (east) hallway. Photographer facing north west.
A pair of married beams in the wall of the Lincoln Home, possibly at location where the 2nd floor was added in 1856-1857. Exact location unknown.
2nd floor Back Hallway, with exposed ceiling joists and plaster walls. Doorway to Mrs. Lincoln's Bedroom is on the right, with the restored doorway to the Boy's Room on the far leftt of the photo, and the old, non-original (and now sealed) doorway in the left background. Photographer facing west.
2nd floor Back Hallway, with exposed ceiling joists and plaster walls. The Boy's Bedroom doorway is to the right of the photo, with the east (Kitchen) stairwell in the background, near the Back Hallway window. Photographer facing east.
Second floor back hall prior to restoration, circa 1974. Photographer facing west. Note the now-demolished and relocated doorway and transom to Boy's room on left side of hall in background.
