The Dining Room
The dining room was a more formal place the family could gather for meals, especially with guests. Since Mr. Johnson was active in business affairs and politics, he would have been able to entertain his guests here. This room joins to the kitchen so serving meals would be convenient.
This piece of furniture is a banquet table from the Griswold Inn. It was made in James Kilbourn’s Worthington Manufacturing Company. It is said that George Harlow Griswold took three trips carrying table sections up the hill to the inn on his back from the Worthington Manufacturing Company. The inn was built in 1811 on the north-east Village Green by George’s father, Ezra Griswold. It was a popular stopping place for travelers. The Inn featured a fireplace in every room and a large second floor ballroom, which was eventually converted to bedrooms when the Inn reverted to residence of the Griswold family. The building was torn down in 1964.
This portrait of James Kilbourn hangs on the dining room wall.
