An American Homestead: The Seiberling Mansion

Kokomo, Indiana

There is nothing I like more than spending the

day rambling around an old historic house.  Today

we traveled about an hour from our home to Kokomo,

Indiana to visit the Seiberling Mansion.

The house was built in 1890 for industrialist Monroe

Seiberling.  Seiberling came to Kokomo during the 

gas boom and the house was built at a cost of $50,000,

a fortune at that time.   The style is a combination of 

Neo Jacobean (Queen Anne), Romanesque Revival and 

it is striking.  

The foyer has beautiful wood carvings and a 

lovely staircase.  There are windows made of

opalescent glass and you can see holes in many

of the mirrors from vandals of the past shooting

BB guns at them.

The music room has an old pump organ and

at Christmas they have someone come in to 

play it.

An old victrola also in the music room.

I love the attention to detail in older homes, every

piece of hardware is decorative, even the door hinges

and this door bell.

The master bedroom is on the second floor in

the front of the house.  The windows are curved

glass, Mr. Seiberling owned a glass company and

they were specially made.  It is a bright, nice sized

 room without being like the humongous master 

bedrooms of today's McMansions.

I love the idea of a bed warmer.

I am always intrigued by children's rooms.  I find the old 

toys and books to be so imaginative and fun.

I loved the old sled and the skooter made for ice,

I have never seen one of them before.

There are many rooms in the house including a lovely

dining room but the photos were too dark to show.  Since 

this is the home of the county historical society, many of

the rooms are given over to displays of history of the county.

Worth a visit!