It is a lush ballroom with a fresco ceiling and plaster frieze and large arched and curtained windows that, on Patriots Day, are blocked by a 6-foot high, 30-foot long tracking board that updates the media on the progress of the race.
To gain more space upstairs and make the height more proportional to the volume, they raised the ceiling from 8 feet to 10 feet and arched it to follow the roof gables.