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Get the saw! Time to find this year’s Christmas tree in Lake County
Each year around this time families bundle up, pack the car and head into the wilderness on the quest to find the season’s perfect Christmas tree. It’s not easy work, but hopefully I can help ease the...
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Holiday Happenings – Serving up good will in Lake County
Winter is in the air and holiday programming has begun. This isn’t another holiday event review. No, this small scale article is more of a celebration of what’s good about people and organizations in...
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Lake County shopping – Complete that list in no time!
Okay, let’s cut to the chase. The holidays are basically here. And you don’t have all of your items purchased? Just a guess… Well, tell ya what we can do to help. Over the next few posts we will focus...
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Painesville Car Cruise gets summer started
The first Downtown Painesville Classic Car Show is this Friday, May 18. Yes…summer is almost here! Hundreds of classic cars will fill the square in Downtown Painesville, 5 p.m. through 9 p.m each...
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By this point on the summer calendar you may be having a hard time keeping the kids entertained, or yourself for that matter! If you need something to spice up an afternoon the historic Painesville...
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Flintstone House
Flintstone House, Painesville, OH There are many architecturally interesting buildings throughout Lake County, but probably one of the strangest is the Flintstone House in Painesville. Located at 7245...
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Fireplace Puzzle in Steele Mansion
Steele Mansion Fireplace Construction continues at Steele Mansion. The front part of the building, the most important portion of the historic restoration, was successfully stabilized during the first...
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Mirrors for Steele Mansion
We have pictures of the Steele Mansion from the 1870’s, which is both good and bad. It is wonderful to know what the home looked like in its youth. But we are obligated to recreate that look as...
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Painesville Bicycle Tour
As the weather is turning warmer, my thoughts are going to the outdoors and sunshine. What better way to bring in the spring/summer than with a new bicycle tour? Thanks to Albert Di Iorio, this tour...
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Steele Mansion as inn and event center
Steele Mansion will have two functions when it opens- an historic inn and a special event center. Each of the rooms will have a distinct theme and character. The Family Parlor on the first floor was...
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Wallpaper for Steele
We are busily planning the details for the historically-correct interior of Steele Mansion. Thanks to the descendant of George Steele, who lives locally, we have pictures of the Mansion from the...
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Wooden Trim replaced at Steele Mansion
When the Steele Mansion was built in 1867, magnificent ornate walnut trim surrounded the windows and doors. A grand walnut staircase was the focal point of the main hallway. Huge arched doors, 11 feet...
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Painesville Progressive Dinner
I recently went on a little tour of Painesville. Our group decided our tour would be a “progressive dinner,” only including places within the Painesville city limits. Two of our “tour guides” are...
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Park Road Bar-n-Grill
Recently my husband and I and two of our friends were treated to a behind the scenes tour of the Lake County Historical Society in Painesville. We had a great time viewing the regular exhibits and...
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The Challenges of Restoration at Steele Mansion
As we progress toward the completion of Steele Mansion, there are more and more questions with no answers. All of the third floor and most of the interior finish details were lost during the 2001 fire...
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Ghosts in Steele Mansion
Steele Mansion has had hundreds of residents since it was completed in 1867. The Steele family happily lived there until ~ 1910-1920, along with all of the house staff it took to support them. Then it...
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Spring Construction starting the Finishing Touches
Yes, spring is just around the corner! The cold winter months have been well spent planning all of the finishing details for Steele Mansion. We are so fortunate to live in northeastern Ohio which is...
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Modern Conveniences are placed in 1800s Mansion
Steele Mansion is a beehive of activity! Now that all of the permits have been issued, lots of workers are at the Mansion every day. The plumbers are placing the rough-in plumbing. Steele Mansion had...
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Painesville-opoly
Founded in 1840, Ohio’s smallest county is perhaps the State of Ohio’s largest when one combs the annals of early American history. From its early Native American days to the era of the Western...
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New Place to Perch
In the northeast corner of Lake County adjacent to the Grand River and nestled in the current communities of Fairport Harbor and Painesville Township was a large tract of Lake Erie property. This...
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