A Day In The Past

Includes Bus, Driver Tip, Lunch, Dinner, Admissions
October 5, 2023 $159
October 5, 2023 7:30 am- Pick-up from the Watertown Plank Park and Ride and additional pick-ups in Racine and Kenosha. We leave Wisconsin for northern Indiana for lunch (included). After lunch we tour the Oliver Mansion and the Polish Worker’s House.​
​Nineteenth century industrialist J.D. Oliver, his wife, Anna, and their four children built Copshaholm in 1895-1896, It is a 38-room Romanesque Queen Anne house designed by New York architect Charles Alonzo Rich. The furnishings on all three floors are original, giving visitors a remarkable glimpse of how the mansion appeared during the 72 years the Oliver family lived there.
Oak, cherry and mahogany woodwork are found throughout Copshaholm. Leaded glass windows and 14 fireplaces add to the ambiance of the house. The furnishings include period porcelains, glass, silver, prints, and statuary.  J.D. Oliver was president of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, located in South Bend, Indiana. The company was founded by J.D.’s father, James, inventor of the chilled plow.
​Located just a short walk from Copshaholm and in sharp contrast to the elegant Oliver mansion is the Worker’s Home, a modest residence that might have been home to a factory worker of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. Painted white, the house reflects the subtle, clean and fresh look prominent during the early 1930s, seemingly in protest to the vivid-even gaudy-colors of the Victorian Era. The front-gabled home has living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and three bedrooms. The Worker’s Home or Dom Robotnika, which means “worker’s home” in Polish, celebrates the community’s diverse ethnic heritage.
​Next on the tour is the Studebaker Museum. The Studebaker National Museum is devoted to sharing the story of the automotive and industrial history of South Bend and the greater region through the display and interpretation of Studebaker vehicles along with related industrial artifacts. The Collection also includes seven objects designated as “National Treasures” including the carriage Abraham Lincoln rode to Ford’s Theatre the night of his assassination, and a carriage used by the Marquis de Lafayette during his farewell tour of United States in 1824.
​Studebaker Museum   
​We also tour the South Bend History Museum. The History Museum has several exciting exhibits throughout the year. The Changing Gallery, Leighton Gallery, and Carroll Gallery all feature changing exhibits. The Voyages Gallery is a permanent exhibit that chronicles the local history of the St. Joseph River Valley region. The History Museum also hosts the Ernestine M. Raclin Gallery, featuring history of the University of Notre Dame, and a changing exhibit on the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
We dine at the elegant Tippecanoe Restaurant where we enjoy high end historical fare (included). We head for Milwaukee after the meal.

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