You are standing in front of a graphic panel titled “House History: 1900s House.” To your left is a wide doorway leading to section four of the exhibition: A New Nation. To your right is a doorway leading to section six of the exhibition: SERC’s Story.

The panel in front of you includes text and nine images.

The main text reads:

HOUSE HISTORY
1900s House

The last members of the Sellman family left Woodlawn for Baltimore around 1908. 

In the 1920s and ’30s, Woodlawn’s new owners, the Kirkpatrick-Howat family from Baltimore, used the house and the neighboring properties as a rural retreat and a source of rental income.

In 1947, Yvone Kirkpatrick-Howat and his wife Lauraine made the house their home. SERC purchased Woodlawn from the family in 2008.

The two images on the left are headlined “House History Clues.” These include:

A photo showing what the house looked like around 1953. It has wooden telescoping additions to the original 1735 house, which were demolished in the 1970s.

A drawing showing what the house looked like in 1979, when the Kirkpatrick-Howat family added a passive solar addition to the house in an attempt to reduce energy costs. It has a similar layout to the current building, but with skylights and large glass doors in the addition.

The remaining seven images are family photos showing the Kirkpatrick-Howats. These include:

A black-and-white photo of Mary Elizabeth Carr Kirkpatrick-Howat from 1934 showing Woodlawn’s back porch, which was later demolished.

A black-and-white photo of Yvone Kirkpatrick-Howat as a boy, riding his bike on the tennis court the Kirkpatrick-Howats added to the property, 1927.

A black-and-white photo of Lauraine Kirkpatrick-Howat preparing a meal in Woodlawn’s kitchen.

A black-and-white photo, ca. 1935, showing the larger of Woodlawn’s wood-framed additions.

A photo of Yvone Kirkpatrick-Howat as an older man with a mustache, smoking a cigarette.

A black-and-white photo of Philip and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Howat with their son, Yvone, as a young boy.

Lauraine Kirkpatrick-Howat as an older woman, with her daughter, Betsy.