Home Tour 3

We toured the downstairs of Eden Hall

Besides the gift shop

we saw the downstairs parlor

and the dining room

They owners were doing tours

 and because there were

so many ppl there 

wasn't any way to take photos

Fans of Greek Revival mansions

 built for $2000 in 1940 by Abraham Hivling 

as a wedding gift for his daughter,

 the house has been featured

 in the Haunted Ohio book series. 

The house has a myriad 

of tunnels that were dug in the basement 

as part of the Underground Railway 

and also connected with 2 other

 homes that were owned by the Hivilings. 

This house and the one next door were the

 inspiration for the main home in the book

 ...And the Ladies of the Club, Edith Mae’s Victorian 

Tea Room and Gift Shop are located in the first floor

This house is 3 stories

9340 sq ft

29 rooms

4 bedrooms

2 sitting rooms

5 full baths

1 half bath

There use to be an observatory 

on the top of the house

 but a fire destroyed it 

and the west side of the house

The west side was restored

When we moved to this town

 the house was a B & B 

How I wished 

we would've stayed there

The Altick Home, 

 will give fans of the Eastlake Victorian style

 something to talk about.

 Constructed around 1890,

 the house includes a pedimented portico

 with fishscale siding and a dentiled cornice line.

2900 sq ft

9 Rms

4 Bedrooms

The only thing my house

didn't have that I wanted

 was one of these

 I thought this hallway was interesting 

Off the main bedroom

 is a laundry/sitting room

how I would love this!

Home Tour 2

 The Sturgeon Home.,

 was built between 1924 and 1927.

Is furnished with many antiques,

 the house possesses what is believed 

to be Dutch Colonial Revival architecture. 

Do you see the stripes ont he walls?

I thought it was wallpaper

Nope ... its paint!

I just love this window seat

Dining room in to the foyer

Hallway to kitchen from dining room

From the kitchen

you can either go upstairs

or got arouind to the living room

Upstairs 

you;ll find the Hogwort's Rm

What boy wouldn't adore this room

in the little girls room

 there is a secret closet threw 

the french doors

 looking from dressing room

 The Hill Home, 

While the house has been remodeled

 to resemble a colonial home,

 the owners are currently trying

 to restore its early 1900s features. 

Visitors will get a chance to see 

the door where John McQuiggan

, son of prominent Xenia physician 

and former Hill Home resident 

Dr. Paul McQuiggan, carved his name.

The front Parlor

Back Parlor

Dining Room

One bedroom

Bath

Master Bedroom

Chew Mansion Home Tour

The Chew Mansion.

 Originally built in 1871 by Andrew Baughman,

 the house was either completely reconstructed

 or had two wings added by James A. Chew,

 president of the Chew Publishing Company,

 in 1936. The Chews moved into the house shortly

 before Christmas in 1936, 

and the house is commonly known 

as the “Chew Mansion,” 

 Visitors will  receive an opportunity 

to marvel at the home’s

pipe organ and elevator.

This is how the house originally looked

the photo didn't show the top

Some time around the 30's it was changed to this

The house is 5864 sq ft

2 stories

6 full baths

14 rooms

7 bedroom

The foyer

The foyer from upstairs

The parlor to the left

the sitting area is to your immediate right 

The parlor to the right

The kitchen

down the foyer hallway

 is an elevator

The kitchen

 Formal Dining Room

Office

Upstairs

This had like a 2 1/2 level

where all but the 

master bedroom were on

Each bedroom has a bathroom

Bed 1

Yellow and Blue

Bed2

Blue and Brown

The bathroom is beyond the French Doors

Bed 3

Black and White

 A black Christmas Tree

The master bedroom

I didn't get pictures of the closet

it was all marble, the dual shower

or fireplace

the house will be going on the market soon