Views of the Lake Mansion
Kitchen

The kitchen has all the basics of a Victorian kitchen as well as many fascinating gadgets. Wooden butter hands were used to shape lumps of butter into squares, and a cube-shaped metal object was set on the stove to use as a toaster. The pump, originally located on the back porch, was later moved into the kitchen. it supplied the kitchen with fresh running water.

The Lakes had one servant, to whom they referred as the cook. The Chinese cook not only prepared meals, but also did most of the cleaning and yard work. Tom was the first cook hired. He slept in the wash house in the back yard.

The Lakes' phone was also in the kitchen. Jane Lake purchased the telephone company as an investment and Alice Thompson, her granddaughter, became Reno's first "hello girl".