Hamilton Air Force Base, California - Company Officers Quarters Type E Page 2
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Basements are accessed by exterior garage doors and interior stairways from the rear hallways. Each floor plan is divided into a garage, laundry room, boiler room, and storage room. An unexcavated crawl space is present under the front porch.
The primary access to the homes is through the front porch to the living room, which is flanked by a dining room, kitchen, and pantry on one side, three bedrooms and two baths on the opposite, and a hallway, maid's room, and bath on the rear.
Steam radiators are located in each room and provide heating. They were made by American Radiator or Crane Radiator companies. Steam is generated by cast iron boilers located in the basements made by Ideal Gas Boll Company or Bryant Tubular Gas Boiler Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Some boilers have valves made in Germany in the early 1930s that are stamped with a swastika.
Kitchens were remodeled in 1955 and original cabinets, appliances, hardware, flooring, and lighting were replaced. In 1962 the tile countertops and backsplashes in the kitchen were removed and replaced with postformed plastic laminate. Kitchen floor coverings were replaced with vinyl asbestos tiles. A recessed light fixture was added over the sink at this time. Some interior fixtures in the remainder of the house have been removed and replaced with modern fixtures. Porches were enclosed in some units in 1934 and others in 1956.
LIVING ROOM, FIREPLACE, AND STAIR TO BEDROOMS
FIREPLACE DETAIL
LIVING ROOM, FROM FIREPLACE, SHOWING FRONT DOOR AND DINING ROOM BEYOND
BUTLER'S PANTRY FROM DINING ROOM DOORWAY. KITCHEN DOORWAY IS AT RIGHT
LOOKING NORTHEAST THROUGH KITCHEN, TO REAR ENTRY HALL, AND MAID'S ROOM WITH BATHROOM BEYOND
LOOKING SOUTHWEST, DOWN TO LIVING ROOM AND ACROSS TO BEDROOM, FROM LANDING