A House Filled with Historic Original Contents
历史悠久的麦卡锡-菲克尔故居中展出的许多物品都是 1916 年的,当时麦卡锡博士和夫人以 $10,000 美元的造价建造了这座房子。从丹佛百货公司(包括丹尼尔斯和费舍尔公司)购买的家具是这座房子的亮点之一。
The McCarty family gathered together to eat evening meals in the home’s elegant dining room that featured a handsome oak sideboard. “Hired girl” Miss Fannie Palmer generally joined them for dinner.
A doctor’s cabinet used by Dr. Helen McCarty has been returned to the room where she examined patients. The shipping crate in which the cabinet was originally packed was discovered in the home’s basement.
Family photos and souvenirs adorn a bookcase filled with books used by members of the McCarty family. The bookcase is located on a second floor landing that was also used as a study by “Doctor Helen” while she practiced medicine from an office in the home during the 1930s and ‘40s.
A sewing machine used by Mrs. Jennie McCarty is one of many original items in the home that was associated with the family’s domestic life.