[169] Transcript of interview with Walter Macomber, March 2, 1970. As to the arch marks, Mr. Macomber said: "On the front wall I found a semi-circle deeply incised in the brick wall. I concluded there had been an original arched design there and I reproduced such an arch as it might have looked based on my studies of colonial architecture."
[170] Transcript of interview with Walter Macomber, March 2, 1970, contains the following:
Question: Do you know what the original color of the room was?
Macomber: No. But since most of the buildings of that period were either white or light gray, I used these colors.
Question: Was any of the original ironwork left?
Macomber: No. The ones installed are new but made from old designs used in the colonial period.
Question: Where did the old chandeliers you installed in the ceiling come from?
Macomber: They were discovered in storage. They are not colonial, but since they were probably used at some time I thought it appropriate to use them.
Question: Where did you get your ideas for the woodwork?
Macomber: I created it according to patterns used in colonial times. The benches were brought in after the Civil War and had come from the Payne [Jerusalem] Baptist Church. I thought it appropriate to use them.