South Bend Indiana, Studebaker Museum and other stuff
Still in Rapid City, but this house was in South Bend, Ind., and it is the Copshaholm House, named for a Scottish Village where the Father was born. It was built in 1895-96, has 38rooms which include 10 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. Hey gals, how would ya like to clean those????? The picture you see below is of the 'Carriage House' once used to stable the horses and buggies, later used as a garage for cars, and is now used for partys on the grounds.
How many folks out there remember the Studebaker? Yep, they have a museum, right next to the Copshaholm House, so off we went! Here are the Studebaker brothers who started making wagons, something they learned from their father.
The boys always tried to live by the motto their Father taught them, the one above . Below is one of the first Hearses, and did you know there was a hole in the bottom so that it could be cleaned each time it was used. Who knew??
Now this is MY kind of wagon, a 'push-pull' when you are going one way you use the bar on one side, then switch sides to go the other way, a no brainer and ya never hafta turn around, Whoa, what an idea, it worked too! I took the next picture for all the golfers out there, this little door was made 'specially for your golf clubs, yep, golf has been around a long time! This car was a good seller!
Are you a truck driver? How about this beauty? Even has air conditioning as you go down the road. No power steering I bet, but loved the snub nose!!!!
Personally, I didn't know Studebaker made such a classy car, isn't it beautiful? And below you see an Avanti, Bill & I use to dream of owning one, but they were worth waaaay more than we could afford, and now they are worth 3Xs that. Oh well, such is life!
And then you have the kiddie cars, there were a lot of those, some well used, others still new. And NOW, back to the house, this is the rear view, they wouldn't let us take pictures inside and I am sorry, we have been in a lot of old houses, but have NEVER seen the detail that was in this house, it was amazingly beautiful in detail. The house belonged to the Oliver family, the one that made the Oliver tractors , there was a lot of intertaining done, and amazing as it seems, was done on the third floor where there was a ball room!
The next 2 pictures are of the garden, and the walkway from the garden to the house, very beautiful. The lady was the docent that took us through the house, she really enjoyed her job and did it well. Then you have the doors, all 54" wide, to handle the large hoop skirts of the era, an extra step was added years later to adapt to cars. Carriages were high and you walked from the carriage right up 2 stairs, into the house. Oh yeah, forgot to tell you, the house is 12,000 square feet. anyone need a maid??? "ME,ME" says I. They had 'em, the butler was with them for over 40 years, guess he liked his job, who wouldn't in such beautiful surroundings. There was so many more pictures I would have loved showing you, but can't, sorry.
so there you are, a whole day in a nutshell, it was glorious fun, seeing so much beauty! Glad to share with you! Keep on lookin', and until next time, Love & Hugs & prayers, Arlette & Bill too, and the Sassy
Still in Rapid City, but this house was in South Bend, Ind., and it is the Copshaholm House, named for a Scottish Village where the Father was born. It was built in 1895-96, has 38rooms which include 10 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. Hey gals, how would ya like to clean those????? The picture you see below is of the 'Carriage House' once used to stable the horses and buggies, later used as a garage for cars, and is now used for partys on the grounds.
How many folks out there remember the Studebaker? Yep, they have a museum, right next to the Copshaholm House, so off we went! Here are the Studebaker brothers who started making wagons, something they learned from their father.
The boys always tried to live by the motto their Father taught them, the one above . Below is one of the first Hearses, and did you know there was a hole in the bottom so that it could be cleaned each time it was used. Who knew??
Now this is MY kind of wagon, a 'push-pull' when you are going one way you use the bar on one side, then switch sides to go the other way, a no brainer and ya never hafta turn around, Whoa, what an idea, it worked too! I took the next picture for all the golfers out there, this little door was made 'specially for your golf clubs, yep, golf has been around a long time! This car was a good seller!
Are you a truck driver? How about this beauty? Even has air conditioning as you go down the road. No power steering I bet, but loved the snub nose!!!!
Personally, I didn't know Studebaker made such a classy car, isn't it beautiful? And below you see an Avanti, Bill & I use to dream of owning one, but they were worth waaaay more than we could afford, and now they are worth 3Xs that. Oh well, such is life!
And then you have the kiddie cars, there were a lot of those, some well used, others still new. And NOW, back to the house, this is the rear view, they wouldn't let us take pictures inside and I am sorry, we have been in a lot of old houses, but have NEVER seen the detail that was in this house, it was amazingly beautiful in detail. The house belonged to the Oliver family, the one that made the Oliver tractors , there was a lot of intertaining done, and amazing as it seems, was done on the third floor where there was a ball room!
The next 2 pictures are of the garden, and the walkway from the garden to the house, very beautiful. The lady was the docent that took us through the house, she really enjoyed her job and did it well. Then you have the doors, all 54" wide, to handle the large hoop skirts of the era, an extra step was added years later to adapt to cars. Carriages were high and you walked from the carriage right up 2 stairs, into the house. Oh yeah, forgot to tell you, the house is 12,000 square feet. anyone need a maid??? "ME,ME" says I. They had 'em, the butler was with them for over 40 years, guess he liked his job, who wouldn't in such beautiful surroundings. There was so many more pictures I would have loved showing you, but can't, sorry.
so there you are, a whole day in a nutshell, it was glorious fun, seeing so much beauty! Glad to share with you! Keep on lookin', and until next time, Love & Hugs & prayers, Arlette & Bill too, and the Sassy
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