You are standing in front of a fireplace. Two portraits hang over the mantelpiece. To your left is a doorway leading to the back hallway and on to section two of the exhibition: Colonial Life. To your right is a doorway leading to section three and section six of the exhibition (Who Lived in This House? and SERC’s Story).

The portrait on the left shows a dark-haired woman in a white dress seated at an arm chair. She is leaning her left elbow on a table covered with a red tablecloth and looking toward the viewer. The caption reads: Mary Anne Sellman Iglehart (1829 to 1850).

The portrait on the right shows a brown-haired woman in a white dress looking toward the viewer. The portrait is oval in shape and shows the woman’s head and shoulders. The caption reads: Victoria Sellman Gittings (1833 to 1884).

The caption explains that both women lived at Woodlawn in the 1800s.