Step 1: Exterior Restoration, funded in part by a Save America's Treasures Grant

• Restore the exterior of the house to its 1858-1860 appearance. Recoat exterior stucco with a limewash in the stone color of the late 1850s. Repair or restore windows and shutters, which will help conserve the masonry.

Step 2: Future Plans for Interior Conservation/Restoration (dependent upon new funding)

• Install interpretive exhibit in the east room off the basement hallway.
• Conserve cabinets and other elements in the basement-floor servant's hall.

• Restore and repaint art gallery to its 1858 palette and appearance (completed 2005).
• Restore west entry to its 1858 appearance. Further research decorative elements in this space.
• In the double drawing rooms on the first floor, stabilize the wallpapers and thoroughly clean woodwork and plasterwork. Apply off-white wallpaper to replicate the 1858 wallpaper surrounds and to cover the dark gray paint used during filming of the early 1980s movie, "Swamp Thing." Restore the drab green paint on the inner bead moldings of the doors and windows. Conserve the fragile 1858 wallpaper panels and surrounds. Restore the southwest corner of the space to its 1858 wallpapered appearance.
• Restore library and dining room walls with reproductions of their earlier or original wallpapers. Clean and conserve all other elements.
• Clean and conserve the central stair hall with all its paints remaining.

• Interpret the second-floor withdrawing room as a room that survives with its 1858 decoration intact. Restore one corner of the room to show the original brilliance of the decorative elements. Stabilize wallpaper fragments. Clean remaining woodwork and plasterwork.
• Restore the second-floor west bedchamber.
• Conserve the second-floor east bedroom to reflect its 20th century appearance.
• Restore the east dressing room ceiling and further research the room's decorative finishes.
• Clean and conserve the plaster and woodwork in the main stair hall on the second floor.

• Complete a historic structures report for the surviving outbuildings and their conservation.
• Conduct further archeology in the back lot and develop a plan for stabilization and interpretation.
• Stabilize the garden walls.