FOYER
We ask that you will treat all museum items with great care, inspecting them only with your eyes. Please do not handle objects and, if you are visiting with children, we request that you will keep them with you at all times. In this tour, you will notice words which are RED and underlined. To learn more about these people, places or items, click on the word and you will be taken to a page where you can learn more about the subject. If the word is GREEN and underlined, there will be a file on the same page that you can click on to read. At the end of each room description, click on the capitalized and underlined words to move to the next room description. This is an exciting time for HCHS and Highland House with many upgrades, cataloging and photograph and document preservation work. The "downside" to this, however, is that some rooms must be closed to the public in order for this work to proceed as orderly and rapidly as possible. We apologize if your favorite space or area which you were looking forward to viewing is closed at this time. Special arrangements may be made to let you visit a closed area if accompanied by one of our volunteers or staff. Speak to the Volunteer Greeter at the front desk with your request. I'M SEEING SPOTS BEFORE MY EYES! What do the dots mean? As you move through the museum, you may see da-glo dots attached to pieces in our collection. This is a temporary identification tag displaying the object ID for that piece. Please do not remove any of these dots and, should you find one on the floor, please give it to one of our volunteers. THANK-YOU! You are standing in our foyer. Of interest here: the Victorian Hall Tree and the sideboard which once graced the home of Governor Trimble. Be sure to notice on the wall above the Visitor Desk, a painting by Emma Detwiler. You will see several more paintings in the foyer as well as other rooms painted by Mrs. Detwiler and her daughters. |
Emma Detwiler
(The above link will take you to a short Ohio Channel Video about the Painting Ladies of Hillsboro, Ohio) Mrs. Detwiler is in the Highland County Hall of Fame (The above link will take you to the "Histories" page of our website where you can read about this member of our Hall of Fame.) |