G.A.R. HALL ARTIFACTS

SELF GUIDED TOUR

Print this tour and bring it with you the next time you visit GAR Hall!

Porch

1. Corner cabinet and contents.
2. Photographs and pictures.

Bar Room

1. Victorian Secretary which belonged to Civil War Colonel Arthur Latham Conger. He purchased it new for his library in his Victorian Gothic residence extant on Riverview Road.
2. Artifacts in this secretary.
3. Photographs on walls.
4. Frame containing flag pole finial.
5. Artifacts on ledge above bar.
6. Chandeliers and bracket lights.
7. Pine Dry Sink from kitchen of The Nestico House, 1599 Main Street, a typical vernacular Carpenter Gothic Style residence.

Staircase   

    1.   Collection of photographs

2. Photo of interior under hanging light.
3. Photo of exterior with statue in center of crossroads, Route 303 & Riverview.

Auditorium and Stage

1. Original Insignias flanking stage, by local artist Charles Currier.
2. Flag poles and holders.
3. Antique sidelights and chandeliers.
4. Staircase and paneling on rear stage wall from P. E. Werner House, W. Market Street, Akron.
5. Window Treatments as in original photograph of interior. 
6. Pull out dry sink server.
7. Stage foot lights are oil-burning lamps with reflectors. Lamps can be removed and recessed area covered to extend stage.
8. Charcoal reproduction of original drawing of Waterman for whom the post was named.
9. Original G.A.R. charter.
10. Numerous photographs of President Abraham Lincoln.
11. Charcoal and engraved pictures of Lincoln on each side of front doors.  After Lincoln’s assassination there was such an enormous demand for his pictures that art dealers took a picture of a man of Lincoln’s stature, removed that persons head and replaced it with Lincoln’s head.

Picture: Left of door, has original notes stating:

 “This popular print combined Lincoln and Daniel Webster. The head and cuffs are superimposed on the original Webster print. (In original frame).”

Picture: Right of door. Original notes state: “False Lincoln, from The Arthur Brisbane Collection.”

12. Grand Piano, Ebony, belonged to the Waterman Family. It was in their parlor in Heritage Farm, South Riverview Rd. A large Carpenter Gothic house remodeled after the Civil War from The Original Greek revival.