PREVIEW--

We recently were geocaching with friends Mark and Nancy Meinzer in Galion when we noticed the BROWNELLA COTTAGE was then open for tours.  Galion is Mark's hometown so we heeded his recommendation, stashed our gear and took the tour.  That's Mark and Nancy with Sue and our host, Amber, in one of the enclosed walkways connecting the cottage, Bishop Brown's study and the carriage house, right rear.

Telephones of the period like the one (right) were sprinkled throughout the cottage.  It appeared the four little buttons below the phone's mouthpiece were used to connect to extensions in other rooms--an early form of call forwarding?

Our little tour group pauses on an enclosed porch while Amber reminds us the vast majority of furnishings in the cottage are authentic remnants from the Brown's occupancy.

The study mentioned above is a free standing building down the left corridor of the lead photo and once served as a very early Catholic church in Galion.

Please stop by Saturday and join us as we enjoy the tour.