the Campbell House Museum
Sunday, October 20, 2013
The Campbell House is unique in that it has been restored to be as the house was in the 1850s, with 99% of the original furnishings and decor purchased by Robert and Virginia Campbell. The walls, ceiling and floors have been refinished to match the fabric and carpet samples Virginia saved, and to photographs taken in the house by one of the Campbell's sons. Our tour guide was spectacularly knowledgeable and passionate.
I took several pictures of the kitchen...I'm fond of kitchens...
I took a picture of a silk quilt (for Susan) on a stand in the cook's bedroom before the batteries in my camera died, so I have no pictures of the rooms on the upper stories of the house.
Ahhh... words fail me!
Incredible house - I would gladly move in there and never leave!
And that quilt!! Now I have my next pattern - my mother wants one for her bed and I have been looking for a good pattern and colors. I won't be working in silk, though - those people back then had more patience and a gentler touch than I will ever have.
That built-in, to the ceiling cabinet... love!!
And the bell system - do you know if it still works?
I wonder what they would have thought to hear that 100 years later, people will pick up their cell phones and call someone else in the house, rather than ringing a bell to summon them?
Favorite post ever - I don't even mind (much) that there are no gratuitous cat pictures...
Posted by: Susan | Monday, October 21, 2013 at 09:22 AM
Yes, the bells still work...each one has a different tone, so the servant could tell which room the bell was rung in.
I could move in too! The house is gorgeous, and it had a very comfortable feel. Is it weird to say there was a lot of love and happiness still radiating in the rooms?
Posted by: Keli | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 06:08 AM
Not weird at all - there is something to be said for the feeling that a house holds after it's inhabitants have moved on.
Not in any kind of "ghostly" way - I fear I will never truly believe in ghosts, no matter how much I want to.
But there is an energy or at least an ambience that remains, for sure.
That looks like a happy home, open and loving!
Posted by: Susan | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 09:38 AM