Between the kitchen and dining room I am going with it was a butlers pantry. You can see the lighter flooring on the sides from cabinets and countertop. Deeper cabinets on the left and shallower on the right. IF it is a butlers pantry I would wager that is the drain pipe for an old icebox, as butlers pantries frequently held bar items. Maybe?
Could be a gas line for lighting
I have the same thing in my hall closet, and I’m in a 1910s farmhouse. I haven’t a clue either!
Could be the connection for a speaking tube, that might go to the kitchen, for requesting meals, or to a maid’s quarters for requesting assistance..
Lavatory flange, like a closet flange but for a sink
I’m into this. When we purchased our house, there was something very similar in our foyer. I’m a contractor, so upon investigation it was at one time electrical in nature, but it had since been decommissioned past the point of actually identifying what it could have been used for. I’m anxious to see if you get a solved on this. I’d echo others comments about checking from the ceiling below, but if advise against sticking anything in it. Possibly loosen the screw.
Why would there be a heater in a closet?
Bracket for pole that served as a vertical support for shelf, clothing rod or similar.
I have call buttons in my 1900 home in the dining room, master bedroom, and all closets.
If you go down in the basement, would you be able to look up at the ceiling under that closet? If so, you could see if there’s wires or pipes connected to that from below. This could support or refute some of the theories about gas lights, sink drains, electrical lighting fixtures, etc.
Reminds me of an old furnace damper foot lever port. Trying to find photos online and coming up empty.
Looks like an old doorknob plate. Homemade shoe tree would fit – whoever said that. Is there a hole in the side anywhere? Not in the plate attached to the floor, but the tube bit pointing up
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