What stories this house could tell.


As an example, if you’ve ever had breakfast in our luxurious dining room, with its quarter-sawn oak walls and period murals depicting Victorian life, you would never guess that the room once housed a motorcycle gang and at least one large Harley Davidson. Yet such is the story shared by one guest who had rented an upstairs room years prior to the restoration of the home.

During renovations a good sized pocket, carefully carved into the top of the door in Mrs. Hancock’s room was discovered, who can guess what it as for? Would the house tell of rare jewels stored there for safe keeping, or a snifter hidden for cold evenings? The Hancock House, apparently had custom over-sized picture rails made for one third floor room, during refinishing, peculiar intentional grooves were found on the top of the over-sized picture rails. Given that the third floor was reserved for child-care & instruction, could it be this room was where the young boys played? Did they perhaps place their toy trains on these shelves at night? Since the walls cannot say one way or the other, the room has been named the “Train Room”.
