02 May rarely seen interior images of burnham and root’s wheeler house shortly before its destruction

seldom seen richard nickel contact sheet images of burnham and root’s george h. wheeler residence (1884) taken shortly before it was set to be demolished in 1968. 
the house situated between wheeler and h.h. richardson’s extant glessner house (1887) to the north, was cobb and frost’s richardsonian o.r. keith house (1886), which i believe was wrecked around the same time as wheeler’s house. 

despite wheeler’s house being abandoned and wide open to the elements and vandals, the interior remained somewhat intact, although the image of the entrance doors kicked in and trashed was hard to digest. other than majolica fireplace tiles salvaged by vinci, i don’t know of any other ornament being saved.

the kodachromes were taken by charles cushman in 1948 and john vinci in 1960 respectively.