Thursday, December 17, 2009

Victorian Christmas at the Historical Ames Florida Stork House

Over the weekend, the Ames Florida Stork House museum and historical society at which I volunteer at held a turn-of-the-century style Christmas Tea. The house was decorated beautifully and the atmosphere was festive. Once everyone cleared out, I had the chance to take some pictures of the house with all of its twinkly lights.



Yes, there were strands of Christmas Lights at the turn of the last century. These aren't that kind, though, I think it would probably be a fire hazard, and we wouldn't want the Stork house to burn down. Plus, if we had light strands that old, they would be an artifact on display in the house. And that would be cool (Yeah, there's the history nerd in me).




Take a look at that beautiful fireplace. We couldn't have a real fire, so a volunteer wrapped logs in orange Christmas lights. The glow looks nice in the photos and even reflects on the wood flooring in a warm way.



You can check out the whole set of Victorian Christmas Tea 2009 photos on Flickr, including some black and white photography. Of course.


2 comments:

  1. I haven't heard about this place until now. I enjoy history. In fact, last week we visited the Governor's mansion.

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  2. It is a nice little place! Only owned by 3 families over 150 years and everything including literally the kitchen sink was donated to the city of Rockford as a historical museum. It is chalk full of Minnesota history.

    I wanted to make it to the Governor's mansion when it was decorated but didn't have the time!

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