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Bushman House 3D Tour - Audio Described
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A two-story stone house with a one-story brick addition at the left stands behind a large yard ringed with a white picket fence.
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Inside the fence, grass surrounds four raised flower and vegetable beds.
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The front of the brick addition is painted white.
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A white windowless smokehouse stands in front of the addition at the edge of the fence.
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Moving to the addition, a small stone staircase rises from a stone patio to a narrow-covered wood porch.
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There's a wooden screen door straight ahead and two Adirondack chairs on the porch at the right.
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The porch is set on a stone foundation with a wooden railing along the front and both sides of the stairs. Moving through the front door of the main house onto hardwood floors.
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A doorway at the right leads down a short hallway to a small bedroom.
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The entrance hallway continues straight ahead, past the wooden staircase at the left, all the way to the back door.
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At the left; a doorway in front of the staircase leads into the dining room.
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Moving left into the dining room.
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Four tall high back wooden chairs with woven seats sit around a simple wooden dining table before a brick fireplace.
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Above the fireplace, two wall sconces flank a portrait of a girl with a dog in her lap.
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Light streams through two windows at the left and right, a radiator below each one.
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In the back left corner, a stuffed armchair sits beside a small wooden side table.
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In the opposite corner, next to the kitchen doorway, stands a triangular wooden hutch with a glass front.
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Moving clockwise around the room, a small portrait hangs on the wall to the right of the far window.
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Along the front wall, two more chairs flank a weathered wooden China hutch with several white platters and serving bowls on its shelves.
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Moving to a position in front of the kitchen doorway, facing the front wall, an electric candle chandelier hangs above the dining table itself, set on top of an Oval braided rug. Continuing around the room.
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At the front of the right-hand wall next to the window, a second wooden glass pane door leads outside.
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To the right of the window several old photographs of the farm hang on the wall above the stuffed chair. Turning around and moving through the doorway into the kitchen.
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Along the right-hand wall, there's a sink beneath a window at the left.
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To the right of the sink, a counter tops a dishwasher in three drawers at the lower right.
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Above the counter, an upper cabinet with glass doors hangs on the wall.
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Various plates, bowls, mugs and glasses fill the shelves. Continuing counterclockwise around the room along the back wall.
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A closed cabinet hangs above the counter beside an induction range with a small hood enclosed cabinet above. Under a second window to the left of the stove in a lower cabinet under the counter, a built-in microwave oven with a storage drawer sits beside a tall slender cabinet.
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A full size refrigerator stands to the left of the window.
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The back door is at the far left from a position in front of the door facing back into the kitchen, a low radiator sits beneath another window at the right.
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Light streams into a small alcove in front of the window, falling on several small plants set on top of a wooden bench.
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A wood peg coat rack hangs high on the wall behind the bench. Moving back into the dining room from the kitchen, we continue through the dining room, into the entrance hallway and into the short hallway by the front door to turn right into a small bathroom.
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At the right a small wooden cabinet hangs on the wall above a white toilet.
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Moving counterclockwise around the room there's a large window with blinds on the far wall.
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Opposite the toilet is a cabinet stand with a marble top and a sunken oval sink below a mirror in a painted wooden frame.
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Moving out of the bathroom at the end of the short hallway is a small bedroom roughly 12 feet (3.6 meters) square.
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A double bed sticks diagonally out into the room from the back left corner.
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To the immediate right of the bed is a window with a radiator underneath.
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There's a second window with the foot of the bed along the right-hand wall. Moving to the window beside the bed, facing back towards the doorway, a white pitcher and bowl sit in the middle of a tall wooden lavatory on the far wall with an integrated wood framed mirror.
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An AC unit hangs high on the wall next to the door.
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Continuing left around the room. a small wooden chair with an embroidered seat pad sits at the foot of the bed. Moving from the bedroom back to the entrance hallway and turning right.
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A six foot 1.8m tall wooden combination coat and umbrella rack stands against the right-hand wall.
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Four ornate metal hooks shaped like musical G clefs surround a central mirror above a wooden umbrella cut out shelf below, trimmed with a pair of carved wood panels in front.
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Continuing further down the hallway to the left of the coat rack, a second doorway leads right into the living room.
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Moving into the room, a second AC unit hangs high on the right-hand wall above a three-person burgundy leather couch with matching pillows.
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Beyond the couch in the back right corner is a fireplace with a yellow painted mantelpiece.
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To the left of the fireplace, a round wooden side table and lamp sit next to a stuffed armchair at the back left, moving to a position in the back left corner facing the doorway, a radiator sits beneath the first of two windows along the right-hand wall.
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The couch at the left sits on a white rectangular rug with an oblong wood and metal coffee table in front.
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An electric candlelight fixture hangs from the ceiling.
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Opposite the couch, a small rocking chair sits between the two windows.
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Along the front wall there's a small writing desk and chair to the right of the living room doorway. Moving from the living room back into the entrance hallway to the base of the wooden staircase and turning right, a bare wall borders the stairs at the left.
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At the right, a varnished wooden handrail with matching balusters frames the three foot 90 centimeter wide varnished wooden staircase.
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Near the top of the stairs there's a small landing with a window with the stairs turned back to reach the 2nd floor.
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Moving up the stairs across the landing and turning back right, the last few stairs rise to a small 2nd floor hallway.
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There are two bedrooms off the hallway to the left and a second full bathroom straight ahead. To the right of the bathroom door a fire extinguisher hangs on the wall next to another radiator in a small alcove, beyond the top of the stairs. Moving forward into the bathroom along a left hand wall, is a small towel cabinet next to a matching cabinet sink under a wood framed mirror.
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Beyond the sink, several towels sit stacked on the windowsill. Light streams through the blinds covering the window. The toilet sits to the right of the window, across from the sink.
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The bathtub stands behind the door at the right. From a position at the bathroom window facing back out the door above the toilet at the left, the stone wall of the house is exposed.
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A shower curtain hangs in front of the bathtub, a bathmat draped over its edge. A metal towel rack hangs on the wall opposite the tub.
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Moving out of the bathroom and turning right, a doorway leads into the first of two bedrooms on this floor. A double bed with a wooden headboard sticks out into the room from the center of the left-hand wall. There's a white rectangular carpet under and around the foot of the bed.
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Opposite the bed along the right-hand wall, two windows flank a low wooden bench.
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There's a radiator underneath the left-hand window. From a position In the back right corner of the room facing the doorway, there's a small rocking chair with a pillow to the right of the bed.
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A wooden side table to the left of the bed supports a small table lamp with a white square shade. To the left of the doorway along a left-hand wall, a pitcher in bowl sit atop a wooden dresser.
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Moving into the hallway and turning right, a second doorway leads into the second bedroom on this floor.
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At the right, a pair of twin beds stick out into the room from the right-hand wall on top of another white rectangular carpet.
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At the left, a shallow saucer in bowl sit on top of a tall wooden dresser with a mirror. Light streams through two windows opposite the beds.
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A radiator sits below the far window. From a position between the windows facing back into the room, there's a closed wooden door in the wall to the left of the beds.
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Between the beds, a small table lamp sits on a circular side table with a marble top and wooden base. Colorful red and pink blankets drape across the bottoms of the two wood frame beds.
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Moving out of the bedroom into the hallway from a position at the top of the stairs, the alcove is to the left.
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The staircase down to the landing begins at the right, turning slowly to the right, light streams through the open blinds of the window on the landing.
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Moving down the stairs to the landing and turning around to the left, we move down the main staircase to the entrance hallway and turn left to face the umbrella stand.
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To the right, just inside the front door, a small radiator sits at the base of a short wall. Turning slowly to the left, away from the front door, the two-bedroom doorways flank the umbrella stand.
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Varnished hardwood floors stretch down the hallway to the back door. Moving left down the hallway and stopping just outside the living room, the stairs rise to the left. The back door is straight ahead.
Description
Built in 1808, the Michael Bushman house stands near the Emmitsburg Road, near the Slyder Farm. The two-story stone home with a brick edition became a staging ground for Confederate General John Bell Hood’s attack on July 2. The farm holds a rich history before and after the battle. This 3D tour allows you to visit this important home.
Duration
8 minutes, 58 seconds
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