Wilcox Mansion / T. R. Inaugural Site - Table of Contents
Library
Ansley Wilcox Mansion / Theodore Roosevelt
Inaugural Site
When the house was originally built, the library was two parlors. There is no evidence the two rooms were changed into one library room until 1885 when, shortly after the Wilcoxes moved in, the partition was removed and bookcases were added by Buffalo architect George Cary
The library has been completely restored and furnished according to c. 1901 photographs. The wall area and soffits are covered with a bordered paper in a representative pattern of the period manufactured by the Birge Wallpaper Company.
Some pieces are original to the room; some are modern reproductions based on the 1901 photographs taken shortly after the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Wall removed in the late 1930s for use as a restaurant and reconstructed when the house became the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site.
Bust of E. G. Spaulding
Original one of a matched pair of brass gas fixtures with etched glass shades
Original Wilcox bronze table lamp
Detail - original lamp
Detail - original lamp
The large bay window that formed the backdrop for Roosevelt's inauguration was designed by Buffalo architect George Cary in 1892, completing the remodeling of the room.
Original Wilcox chair, but with new period-correct upholstery
The border wallpaper is a representative pattern of the period manufactured by the Birge Wallpaper Company
Bookcases are reproductions of the bookcases to the right of the mantelpiece
Original Wilcox kerosene lamp
