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A fun Discovery!!

🕑 Added 2025-06-16 16:22:26 +0000 UTC

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michelle legg

How exciting! What a lot of fun that wil be x

EveL

Just like Gilded Age!

Amber Mills

Cool!

Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Smith-Clark

Love it can't wait to see it in action. I've seen those in a lot of mysteries and period films and shows. Im not sure but perhaps in Gosford Park and maybe one or two Agatha Christie Mysteries

Dawn Hutchins

That’s fantastic! Can’t wait for you to finally unveil that finished system.

Danielle Coffee

What a dream find!!! I’m so excited to see this restored when you get to it.

Suzanne Robinson

That is so awesome!! Downton Abbey here we come!!!

Kelli Mitchell

Cinderella... CINDERELLA... CINDER-EL-LA!!

LC

Our house was built in the 1890s when the Columbian Exposition World's Fair caused our neighborhood on the south side of Chicago to boom. We have a servant's bell in the hallway that connects to the kitchen. The call button is on the floor under where you put a dining room table. No longer working, but still so neat! We were able to access the historical records for our home (Chicago has great records) and found the servant's name. She was from Sweden! Even though the house was built with a servant's area and a bedroom in the basement for one (the old gas light fixture is still there!), the neighborhood changed quickly and the home ever only had the one servant. We are the fifth owners and we know the history of everyone who lived here. Fortunately most of our gorgeous original 1890s features were preserved over the years. We are lucky!