The family referred to this room as the Empire Room because the furniture it contained dated to Napoleon’s time. The Empire Style would have been the fashionable furniture style between 1820 and 1840. The Honorable Joseph Chamberlain, Mary Endicott’s husband, often used this bedroom while staying at The Farm.

c. 1900

c. 1900

How the Empire Room Looks Today

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Room Tour

First Floor: Dining Room - Drawing Room - Small Parlor - Foyer - Library - Lounge
Second Floor: Groom's Room - Bride's Room - Ivy Room - Carnation Room - Library/ Museum

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