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Stone Kitchen -- 1824:
The Stone Kitchen was added to the Gallatin house in 1824, following the construction of the Stone House. It replaced the original, much smaller, one-story log kitchen which had been constructed in 1789, at the same time as the Brick House. When the Frame House addition was built in 1798, the log kitchen served both the Brick and Frame Houses.
With his retirement planned and the addition of the Stone House (1821-23) almost completed, Gallatin anticipated more guests and an increased servant population that would require a larger, more modern kitchen. He instructed his son, Albert Rolaz, who was overseeing the Stone House addition, to tear down the old log kitchen and build a new story and a half stone one in its place. |