Here is what the
dining room and its
fireplace looked like  
in February, 2007.
DINING ROOM
The house was at one time divided into three apartments.  What we call the
dining room used to be a bedroom.  In the photo below, Michele scrapes
the old plaster off of the lathe so that we can remove the wall separating
the dining room from the kitchen.
Here's the dining room and its fireplace in July, 2007.