Guess Who Came to Pilgrimage?

The 1928 Holly-Skinner House took Selma Pilgrimage visitors back to the 1930s

 with characters straight from real life and the movies!

 Does this infamous character look familiar to you? 

The Fence at the Mabry-Jones House

The fence that surrounds the Mabry-Jones House is one of the simplest,

 yet most unique in town, and you are invited to step inside the fence

 on Friday, March 16 for an evening reception and tour of this 1850 mansion.

 Once the home of Capt. Catesby ap Roger Jones (who commanded the Merrimac

 against the Monitor) in a Civil War battle of the ironclads, this Greek Revival

 still remains in the family and is filled with intriguing collections.

 Even more intriguing are the circumstances of Capt. Jones' death.

 For more information about the house and tour,

 visit the Selma Pilgrimage website. 

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Side Shadows

Branches from the tall shade trees at the Ben Ellis Dunaway House

 in Orrville dance across the side of this antebellum structure

 that once was a boys' academy. 

The home is one of several that will be on tour

 at this year's Historic Selma Pilgrimage March 16-17.

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Weekend Reflections, From the Doctor's Porch

From the McKinnon-Riggs Office in Heritage Park, Sturdivant Hall's original kitchen

  (now gift shop) is reflected through the windows of its front porch.

Heritage Village features 19th Century structures on Historic Society property

across the side street from the Sturdivant Hall Museum. Area artisans 

will demonstrate their crafts at the park during the Historic Selma Pilgrimage

March 16 and 17, 2012.  Crafts will include pottery, soap making from goat milk,

quilting and sewing with early 20th Century machines, and basket weaving.

The office was moved here from Pleasant Hill in 1981.

It was used by H.B. Boynton as a law office from 1852 until 1871,

 by Dr. Kenneth McKinnon as a doctor's office from 1871 until 1904,

by Dr. S.W. Riggs from 1905 until 1945 and by Dr. William Staggers

during the 1950s.

  Early medical equipment and supplies are exhibited inside. 

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Weekend Reflections, The Windows of Weaver Castle

Which window do you like best?

These mirrored windows belong to Weaver Castle,

an 1868 Gothic Revival mansion that was designed

by the famous architect Richard Upjohn.

Upjohn also designed New York City's Trinity Church.

The home was built after the Civil War 

by Confederate Army Lieutenant William Weaver,

who was the father of artist Clara Weaver Parrish,

a designer of stained glass for New York's Tiffany & Co.  

Best of all, if you want to see what's behind the windows,

join us for the Historic Selma Pilgrimage March 16 and 17.

The home, said to be similar to a castle on the Rhine River,

was purchased last spring by a Wisconsin ranching couple

who are restoring it for their southern retreat.

Read more about this house at the Selma Pilgrimage website. 

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