Tripatini contributor Ed Wetschler writes:

"The staff's rooms (above) occupied the third floor, and not only were they simple, bare-bones spaces compared with the palatial rooms for the owners and their guests, but they all shared one bathroom. This third floor with the servants' quarters is hidden; that is, when you approach the main building, the design of the facade makes you think that The Elms only has two stories --albeit lofty ones."

Read more in his post A Tour of the Hidden Servants´Quarters at The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island."