Mary (Welsh) Kimmel was one of the Grande Dames of Victorian Findlay, Ohio. Very philanthropic she was quite generous with the wealth she and husband George Kimmel attained. Her husband George, a prominent jeweler in Findlay, Ohio, gained added wealth by investing in the area's oil and gas boom of the early 1880's.
One of many events held at the Kimmel mansion took place the year after it was built. Mary hosted the wedding of her youngest sister Belle Welsh to Austin Ebersole in the beautiful stately new home in March of 1865. The Ebersole's youngest daughter, the niece of Mary Kimmel, Gertrude (Ebersole) Creighton was the great-grandmother of this author.
Mary's married but childless daughter, Flora Van Campen, held onto the mansion until 1920 when it was sold and purchased by the Bell family. After that point the mansion was divided into a duplex for a number of years.
The Kimmel house (pictured above) became a house museum in the 1980's called "The Kimmel House Museum." Its duration as a museum was short lived, however. With the mansion across the street already serving as a museum and home of the Hancock County Historical Society another Victorian house museum was a redundancy on West Sandusky Street in Findlay, Ohio.
To read her newspaper obituary, from this original 1908 copy, posted in the pictures column click on "view original" then use the magnifying icon to enlarge the print. A picture of Mary and her two daughters in their big fancy hats can be found in additional pictures. This picture taken in the 1880's.
Shaun L. Creighton
One of many events held at the Kimmel mansion took place the year after it was built. Mary hosted the wedding of her youngest sister Belle Welsh to Austin Ebersole in the beautiful stately new home in March of 1865. The Ebersole's youngest daughter, the niece of Mary Kimmel, Gertrude (Ebersole) Creighton was the great-grandmother of this author.
Mary's married but childless daughter, Flora Van Campen, held onto the mansion until 1920 when it was sold and purchased by the Bell family. After that point the mansion was divided into a duplex for a number of years.
The Kimmel house (pictured above) became a house museum in the 1980's called "The Kimmel House Museum." Its duration as a museum was short lived, however. With the mansion across the street already serving as a museum and home of the Hancock County Historical Society another Victorian house museum was a redundancy on West Sandusky Street in Findlay, Ohio.
To read her newspaper obituary, from this original 1908 copy, posted in the pictures column click on "view original" then use the magnifying icon to enlarge the print. A picture of Mary and her two daughters in their big fancy hats can be found in additional pictures. This picture taken in the 1880's.
Shaun L. Creighton
Mary (Welsh) Kimmel was one of the Grande Dames of Victorian Findlay, Ohio. Very philanthropic she was quite generous with the wealth she and husband George Kimmel attained. Her husband George, a prominent jeweler in Findlay, Ohio, gained added wealth by investing in the area's oil and gas boom of the early 1880's.
One of many events held at the Kimmel mansion took place the year after it was built. Mary hosted the wedding of her youngest sister Belle Welsh to Austin Ebersole in the beautiful stately new home in March of 1865. The Ebersole's youngest daughter, the niece of Mary Kimmel, Gertrude (Ebersole) Creighton was the great-grandmother of this author.
Mary's married but childless daughter, Flora Van Campen, held onto the mansion until 1920 when it was sold and purchased by the Bell family. After that point the mansion was divided into a duplex for a number of years.
The Kimmel house (pictured above) became a house museum in the 1980's called "The Kimmel House Museum." Its duration as a museum was short lived, however. With the mansion across the street already serving as a museum and home of the Hancock County Historical Society another Victorian house museum was a redundancy on West Sandusky Street in Findlay, Ohio.
To read her newspaper obituary, from this original 1908 copy, posted in the pictures column click on "view original" then use the magnifying icon to enlarge the print. A picture of Mary and her two daughters in their big fancy hats can be found in additional pictures. This picture taken in the 1880's.
Shaun L. Creighton
One of many events held at the Kimmel mansion took place the year after it was built. Mary hosted the wedding of her youngest sister Belle Welsh to Austin Ebersole in the beautiful stately new home in March of 1865. The Ebersole's youngest daughter, the niece of Mary Kimmel, Gertrude (Ebersole) Creighton was the great-grandmother of this author.
Mary's married but childless daughter, Flora Van Campen, held onto the mansion until 1920 when it was sold and purchased by the Bell family. After that point the mansion was divided into a duplex for a number of years.
The Kimmel house (pictured above) became a house museum in the 1980's called "The Kimmel House Museum." Its duration as a museum was short lived, however. With the mansion across the street already serving as a museum and home of the Hancock County Historical Society another Victorian house museum was a redundancy on West Sandusky Street in Findlay, Ohio.
To read her newspaper obituary, from this original 1908 copy, posted in the pictures column click on "view original" then use the magnifying icon to enlarge the print. A picture of Mary and her two daughters in their big fancy hats can be found in additional pictures. This picture taken in the 1880's.
Shaun L. Creighton
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