Lockwood-Mathews Mansion

Once the residence of the Lockwood Family, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum now serves as a window to the Victorian age and culture. A Second Empire style country house, the structure brilliantly showcases the unique architecture that was prevalent in the 1800s and is also a great example of fine craftsmanship of the era. Visitors are taken back to the Victorian age through displays of original...

This ornate tribute to Victorian decorating was built in 1864 as the summer home of LeGrand Lockwood. It remains one the oldest (and finest) surviving Second Empire–style country homes in the United States; it's hard not to be impressed by its octagonal skylighted rotunda and more than 50 rooms of gilt, frescoes, marble, intricate woodwork, and etched glass.

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The 62-room Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is "one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire-style country houses ever built in the United States." This National Historic Landmark serves as a valuable resource of 19th-century American history. Tours of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum are available hourly, Wednesday through Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The holiday season at the Lockwood-MathewsMansionMuseum will begin at noon on November 28, 2014 with the exhibit, A Magnificent Victorian Holiday at the Mansion: Splendor and Tradition through the Decades, curated by Raechel Guest. The exhibit will include a guided tour of the museums historic period rooms, displaying Victorian holiday traditions decade by decade. Visitors will see how the...