Parlor

The parlor is furnished in mostly in pre-Victorian furnishings.  The mantel, circa 1810, is a Lebanon Mantel that was moved here during the restoration.  The large 1840’s Empire style sofa is covered in gold damask was made in Springboro Ohio.  The early circa 1810 Sheraton style cherry chest of drawers to the right of the fireplace with its rounded legs and its original knobs.  The handmade, circa 1815, hooked rug is the largest known “Clam Shell Style” in existence.  The design for the rug was derived from the Clam Shells that used to be gathered from the Ohio and Miami rivers.  The rug is entirely made of local and hand made wool.  Note the six-legged Boston rocker to the right of the mantle.  The Boston rocker is quite unusual, and a person could almost lie in it horizontally.

Dining Room

This room in the house has its original mantel, wood floors and woodwork.  The circa 1815 Walnut corner cupboard is a Lebanon piece and is filled with blue and white English transfer dishes, circa 1850.  At each end of the dining table is a matched pair of Shaker chairs with their original woven cloth seats.  The painted curved shelf, left of the fireplace is an early Ohio standing shelf in the Sheraton style, and was very useful in an 1815 kitchen to hold everyday crockery, cooking utensils etc.  The small spinning wheel was used to spin Flax into linen threads, and then was sued to weaving cloth, from which they made clothes and everyday necessities.  Many of the cooking equipment near the original fireplace were sued in everyday life to prepare their daily meals.

Staircase

The staircase is made of cherry and tiger maple.  Most of the woodwork is original, however, many many hours were spent replacing missing or badly damaged pieces of the staircase structure.  The results of the restoration of the staircase clearly shows us the splendor of the wood grain and quality construction.

North Bedroom

Upstairs in the North Bedroom you will find a Sheraton style, circa 1815, Curly Maple four-poster bed.  The trundle bed is made of popular wood with its hemp rope support.  These beds were used for the children or visiting guests.  The circa 1820 Sheraton country style chest of drawers is from Lebanon.  The circa 1810 large wool spinning wheel was made by the Bone family of Lebanon.  They would card the wool that was taken from the sheep and spin it into yarn that was used for making clothes.  The cherry cradle is fashioned in the chippendale style and is circa 1800.

South Bedroom

The fine Mahogany American Empire bed with its carved pineapple posts and overhead canopy, circa 1835, is a grand bed for Lebanon Ohio.  To the right of the bed is a Sheraton style night table that also can be a necessities for those nights when one does not want to go to the out-door privy.  The early shaker rocker came over the mountains from New Jersey in 1807 to Lebanon Ohio.  The pair of Victorian chairs are circa 1860.  The small Day Bed with its wire springs was made by the Oswald furniture in Lebanon in the 1860’s.