This bedroom was used as a guest room. Being built for privacy, it even has a knocker on the door.

In this room, you will see a Heppelwhite chest, the Lanes’ “Wig Chest” with “secret” side doors, and a hand-colored Audubon print given to Henry as a gift from a Maryland senator.

A mantle clock purchased by Joanna in New York in the 1860s is made of cast iron and decorated with pearl inlay and flowers painted in oil.

A large four-poster bed requiring steps to climb into it belonged to Ambrose Whitlock. Whitlock was a founder of Crawfordsville and at one time he was a paymaster for the U.S. Army. While he was paymaster, the bed went with him from camp to camp. At each camp it was assembled and disassembled by his men.

The reclining couch (or “fainting couch”) and slipper chair once belonged to Joanna’s brother, Colonel I.C. Elston II. The French doors and wrought-iron balconies were added by Helen Smith, probably when she added the terraces.

The dresser (doors on the sides make this a “Wig Chest”) was a wedding gift to the Lanes from Joanna’s parents. It was made by a local cabinet maker, Wiley Kenyon.

Other items of interest include:

• Cupboard press. Came from Mrs. Lane’s maternal grandmother.