theythey have this extra bedroo. she brought to one sister at a time back from lexington appear because this is when the state government had moved to springfield. there was a lot of single legislators running around this town. mary had our receptor sites on mr. lincoln when she came to visit in 1837. when she gets in 1839, she finds out he is still single. want toover and said, i dance with you in the worst way, and later that evening, she told her cousin, elizabeth grimsley that she presidents" historiansr in the worst way. she and lincoln laughed about that forever. that was one of their private jokes. >> >> what significance does this have? >> this is where lincoln would .ave practiced law he was in the legislature here in this building. mary came into the building two very important times for me. they were at a cotillion and they were dancing. he made the mistake of saying she glided around the dance floor like a serpent. was a very biblical person so the phrase's serpent had a whole different connotation to her

his li who could testify in a sense and tell us what exactly had happened to hi were in nestor's bedrooernoon and we found a christmas card, and the return address was for nora weinerth. nora has known nestor since his late 20s. >> look at these beautiful flowers. >> yeah.>> inherited nestor. he is the son of a dear friend of mine. i loved him from the time i first met him. i just loved him. what other songs do you like? >> o a lot of them. ♪ like a bridge over troubled edters ♪ >> ♪ over trouaters >> ♪ i will lay me down >> narrator: nora said nestor had lived in a big psychiatric hospital before he moved into an adult home, then supported housing. >> he was his mother's only child, a she reared him very, very devotedly and very lovingly. he was a healthy child until about 14 and 15. then he began to show some signs, talking to himself, he was hearing voices. that's a very frightening experience, because a person you know and love and have so much hope for has lost everything, the future. and elda becama very active advocate, which was her way of managing the deep, deeagony of o losing

. >> we would always go up the staircase, and there were no bedroo really upstairs.s great because no one could see. it was kind of our special time togeth >> reporter: oh, my gosh. look at that. eve plum who played jan still has boxes of memorabilia from r time as a brady. >> we had hats that they made. we all signed them. >> reporter: she's working on restoring the kitchen and alice's bedroom rarely seen on the show. so this is the entrance into alice's bedroom. it was a bedroom in the house. glasscked off sliding doors that were there. i'll be working with the designer to bring it back to like what we saw on tv. is it really 50 ye♪s? ♪ >> reporter: some things never get old. sunshine day ♪ ♪ everybody seems so happy together ♪ >> we were singing alongith you, natalie. so when is this going to get done, this house? >> well, they hope to have it done i'm hptring by seber, in time for the 50th anniversary of "the brady bunch" premier episode. you'll see the reveal of course on hgtv. such a fun project. they're all so into it. >> what a great idea. >> that is cool. >>