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The Reconstruction Room
While excavating under the area of the living room of the 1819 house, archaeologists discovered remains of an older dwelling. These consisted of a brick hearth, part of a dry laid stone chimney and the external perimeter foundation of a corner of the earlier structure. This suggests that an older structure was dismantled to make way for the 1819 house. In developing the conservation philosophy for the house, The Trinity Trust decided that visitors should be able to view not only the older hearth and foundations, but also the stone foundations, the remaining brick end wall including the adhering lath and plaster, the fireplace foundations and chimney, the nailing boards inserted in the walls and replicas of the window shutters of the 1819 structure. This room is an exhibit of construction techniques of the period.

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The Reconstructed/Restored House - the Dining Room in 1998.
1998
Lester-Garland House, Trinity, Newfoundland
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The Dining Room
Shows the original mantelpiece, the Lester table, a painting of the Lester fleet in Trinity Harbour, c.1795, Garland Family silver and jug and the Jolliffe-Vallis clock.

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The Reconstructed/Restored House - the Reading/Research Room in 1998.
1998
Lester-Garland House, Trinity, Newfoundland
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The Reading Room
A Wessex Learning Centre facility, the Reading / Research Room will partially house the Education Program which will focus on subject areas particular to Trinity's historical resources from 1579 to the present, and explore the strong connection between Trinity and England's West Country.

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The Reconstructed/Restored House - the Classroom, Exhibit and Meeting Room in 1998.
1998
Lester-Garland House, Trinity, Newfoundland
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The Classroom
The Display and Travelling Exhibits Room is a modern museum space for locally prepared exhibitions and displays as well as for exchanges of these with national and international groups. The area may also be used as a classroom/meeting room and is available for rent to outside groups and organizations who may wish to meet "somewhere different".

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Lakecrest students visit the reconstructed/restored house
1997
Lester-Garland House, Trinity, Newfoundland
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Uses of the Reconstructed/Restored House - Visits by School Groups - Lakecrest School, St. John's, 1997.

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Uses of the Reconstructed/Restored House - Children's Day - 1999.
1998
Lester-Garland House, Trinity, Newfoundland

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Uses of the Reconstructed/Restored House - Children's Day - 1999

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Uses of the Reconstructed/Restored House - Children's Day - 1999.
1998
Classroom, Lester-Garland House

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Clarenville students at Lester-Garland
1998
Classroom, Exhibit and Meeting Room, Lester-Garland House

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Uses of the Reconstructed/Restored House - Visits by School Groups - Some school children from Clarenville enjoying their lunch after a tour of the Lester-Garland House.