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Kitchen

Kitchens were often separate from the rest of the house due to the heat from cooking and the threat of a fire. The Hunt House kitchen, however, is incorporated in the symmetry of the house.

A sign in the window for a 25, 50, 75, or 100 pound block of ice would tell the distributor the size of the block the family needed.
The tongs on the far upper left would be used to lift the block of ice. This table was used in food preparation and for homework.
The stove is a working replica of the one used in the house. It was manufactured in Ohio. Burn marks on the floor indicated the location of the original stove.

The kitchen used by the Hunt family in modern times.
During renovation to the 1800s kitchen.