Dining room
The Green Worm paper on the James Rundlet’s dining room wall was mostly removed by the family, but a piece remains for visitors' inspection. Using what is now the front sitting room as a dining room, Rundlet was forced to enlarge the room when he purchased an oversized table. Rundlet had won the contract to provide the textiles for the Army during the War of 1812, and the war years were extremely profitable for him. Not all were able to take advantage of this situation; Samuel Ham, a business associate of Rundlet’s who went bankrupt and lost everything, poisoned himself. In 1814 Sam Ham’s estate went up for auction, and that was where James and Jane bought their dining table. The room was used by later generations as a sitting room, which is how it appears today. Visitors to the house can see the table in the rear parlor, now the dining room, and in the hallway.
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