Ohio, Part 3A

Finally,  let me wrap up my Ohio trip…….So let’s travel back to June

We took a day trip to   Lebanon Ohio with the Harmon Museum as our destination.   We had heard the had a nice sampler collection.   Nice is not the word; it was fabulous.     We first stopped at  the Golden Lamb Hotel and Restaurant.    

In 1803, Jonas Seaman spent $4 for a license to operate a “public house”  in the newly settled town of Lebanon, Ohio.   221 years later food and lodging is still being offered to travelers.  

The name comes from the signage he hung outside his business with the image of the lamb because many early travelers could not read.

The dining room is elegant and beautifully done.  

The atmosphere was equaled by the delicious menu

The Golden Lamb is Ohio’s longest continually operated business.  A rich heritage is on display through out the building.  We were able to tour each floor of the still operating hotel as well as the museum rooms on the fourth floor where the history of the innkeepers and Shaker culture were showcased.  

So many things to display, or as my mom used to say - wall to wall and up the wall.   These items were display on the shelves around the stairway.

Throughout its operation, many famous guests have stayed in the Golden Lamb, including but not limited to 12 US Presidents.  Other include Barbara Bush, Mitt Romney. Henry CVlass, Neil Armstrong, Charles Dickers, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Alex Haley, Mark Twinas, Kesha, and more

Shaker items on display

Shaker Sisters Retiring Room

Shaker Gathering Room

Sarah’s Room

Daughter of the inn keeper, this room is said to be haunted by Sarah.   She was not happy her room was moved to the 4th floor.

Some items in this showcase were actual belongings of Sarah’s; others are of the period.

This is the room Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush stayed in.

I love this old music box player.   My aunt had one and I remember her playing it for us when we visited.     

Moving along towards the Harmon Museum we passed the library.  I just love the architecture of old buildings.  Maybe I was a builder in a former life.  🤷‍♀️

The Harmon has a large collection of samplers from Ohio stitchers.
This is Nancy Irwin.  Dated 1834, she was 17 when she stitched this using satin and cross stitches. The quote used is a popular one of the period and attributed to a teacher in Butler County, Ohio.

The Waynesville School was the first school in Ohio, established in 1805.  The first teachers were Elizabeth and Susan Wright.  The “Waynesville Basket” is the basket marked with the “W”.  The design may have worked for Westtown, PA school but also worked well for Waynesboro.

This is the Mary Elizabeth Chandlers sampler.   It is worked with cotton thread on linen by Mary at the age of 10!  She used cross, buttonhole and ‘star’ stitchers adding a tree, strawberries, a dog and the Waynesville basket at the bottom.

This is Ann Haines and includes an inspirational quote.   Although “Waynesville1831” is stitched, it is believed this sampler is associated with he Westtown Quaker School in Chester County PA

Hannah Morgan, dated 1807, stitched in Westfield, NJ.  The Morgan family later moved to Waynesville, OHIO 

Eliza Satterhwaite, Waynesville Ohio, 1830

And her sister, Sarah Satterthwaite, 1834

Margaret Emily Lukens, 1855,  Warren County, Ohio

Caroline Munker, 1861, used a fine linen with silk threads,  She also finished her raw edges.   She added whimsical figures such as a key, an anchor, a crown.

Sarah (Ross) Corwin, 1805. A Quaker from New Garden, Pennsylvania moving to Ohio after married Thomas Corwin in 1822.    Most likely a Westtown Sampler

Rachel Rakestraw, 1815, also suspected to be from Westtown.

The Corwin Mourning Embroidery.  Stitched on a silk ground fabric with both painted and silk stitchings.   Stitched in memory of Kenias and Patience Corwin

Mourning Monument, by Almira Low, 1807.  Georgia silk painted panel with the death notice of John B. Low, aged 6.  

Look at the detail

Hannah Huntington, was married to Samuel Huntington, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as well as Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796.  Hannah moved with Samuel to the Ohio Territory in 1801.   Hannah created this circa 1800 using a silk base and silk threads

And I could fill another five screens full of the wonderful samplers on display.  

Leaving the sampler section of the museum,  we entered a courtyard setting centered around different ‘storefronts’  each offering a different vignette of early American life. 

Wonderful items on display “in” the General Store.

The Milliner’s Shop 

The toy store

Doctor’s office

Variety of sewing implements

Typical living room, late 1900th/early 20th century,  we laughed at her hair but admired her needlework.

Mary Moore Samplers, 1847, on display behind our silly haired stitcher.

An entire section on Shaker life

A Victorian Section

More sewing accessories

1876 Hand stitched Centenial Flag

Beautiful parks and settings throughout the town.

Believe it or not, I have one more Ohio trip to post…..the ride home!  I hope to get it written and published something this week.   Thanks for stopping by, keep on stitching.