Christmas at Copshaholm: Upstairs/Downstairs at the Oliver Mansion
Sunday, November 22 and December 6
Tours leave every 5 minutes beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Copshaholm’s Christmas holidays of 1910 are seen through the eyes of the housekeeper, cook and other servants in the Oliver household at "Upstairs/Downstairs at the Oliver Mansion," taking place on Sunday, November 22, and Sunday, December 6. Performers dressed in period costume portray the servants as well as the ice man, dressmaker, haberdasher and other community trades people. As visitors tour the 38-room Copshaholm, they can enjoy the performers as well as the mansion, decorated for the holidays. Tours leave every five minutes, starting at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are limited. Advance tickets are strongly recommended to guarantee a place on a tour. Call 574-235-9664, ext. 232. Admission is $10/adults; $8/seniors; $6/youth 6-17; and $5/members.

The specialty tours add a festive component to Copshaholm. The 12,000-square-foot historic house is shown in its Yuletide finery and showcases eight Christmas trees for the season. A ten-foot silver Christmas tree in the ball room is festooned with ornaments. Mistletoe, holly and garlands of greenery drape fireplace mantels and stairways, and Victorian-style trees in other areas of the house complete the holiday embellishments.

Copshaholm, the Oliver Mansion, once home to the J.D. Oliver family, is a historic house museum owned and operated by the Center for History. The Oliver family moved into their 38-room house on January 1, 1897. The Victorian mansion would be home to the family for the next 75 years. All of Copshaholm’s furnishings are original, showing the house just as it appeared when the family lived there. Copshaholm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The story has been written by local author Roger Chrastil, who has scripted past Christmas at Copshaholm specialty tours as well as the Center for History’s "Mystery at the Mansion" plays.