485:'s Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. The initial request for $ 65,000 to fund renovations did not pass in the general assembly, but a measure enacted in March 1917 for $ 4,000 was granted, and a subsequent allocation of another $ 4,000 in 1919 went towards renovation costs. In 1920, Bickett had the second-floor ballroom converted into a bedroom, bathroom, closets, and a corridor to connect other family bedrooms together. She purchased dining room furniture, a four-poster bed for the mansion's guest room, and a consul table with a mirror for the grand hallway.
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