Butler's Pantry

Butler's Pantry

The two sides of the house - the family side and the servants side - are well defined.  This room marks a transition to the servants’ side of the house. 

The Butler's Pantry is very well appointed because it is the only servant work area that the Rogers family, and their guests, would regularly look in on.  The two opposing doors on the Pantry would never have been opened at the same time.  This prevented anyone at dinner from viewing the inner workings of the kitchen.

The copper sink is original though it was not originally plumbed.  It was an ice sink, known at the time as a “chiller” sink.  The butler would break up the ice with a pick and place food on top, using the sink to keep food cold prior to plating.  Notice the holes in the bottom from the ice picks.  The holes are filled with led-based solder.

Because food was plated by the butler in the Pantry, it was the place to store and display - to a certain degree - the china and silver that the family owned.