CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — You won't see this kind of restoration job on the Home and Garden Television network.

        Using techniques of the early 1800s, the Ohio Historical Society on Tuesday began restoring the interior of Adena, home of Thomas Worthington.

        Mr. Worthington was the state's sixth governor and one of its early U.S. senators. His mansion is the most important Ohio structure remaining from the period.

        WRN Associates will hang historically accurate wallpapers. Adelphi Paper Hangings of Virginia has printed all new wall coverings, using methods employed from 1720-1860.

        Renovation will be completed by March 1, 2003, when Adena reopens to the public as a focal point of Ohio's Bicentennial. The countryside at the mansion inspired the Great Seal of the State of Ohio.

        “In two of the mansion's rooms, we are hanging wallpaper that historic evidence tells us is quite like that which Thomas Worthington and his wife, Eleanor, picked out 200 years ago,” said Maggie Sanese, an OHS spokeswoman. “The paper was produced in 1860s-style — one small block at a time, using a hand-blocked printing technique.”

        Fortunately, Adelphi's Steve Larson found an original piece of wallpaper under a doorway jamb. The company reproduced the design for Mr. Worthington's library wall coverings. Various wall coverings, paint colors, bed and floor coverings, furniture and other items reflect years of study by restoration historian William Seale and Cheryl Lugg, OHS curator of history.

        The mansion was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the nation's first professional architect. It is one of only three residences designed by Mr. Latrobe still standing.

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