Ruthmere-Havilah Beardsley House

An engineering feat

Great house to visit, but what is really impressive are the massively high ceilings and the huge windows and doors. The second owner actually raised the ceilings on the ground floor 30" and the secon...

Fantastic !!!

My husband , daughter and I visited this house after seeing Ruthsmere and I am pleased to say the hostess, Jennifer, was a people person. We did not feel hurried at all and when I told her about our e...

wonderful tour

Victoria was a great tour guide. Very informative, very personable and very nice. This mansion was more downscale then Ruthmere, but still very nice to tour. If in the Elkhart IN area, visit both man...

See this house tour from the Victoria Era

You might as well go across the street and see the Havilah Beardsley House while your touring Ruthmere Mansion. The house is from the Victorian Era and there is rich history about Elkhart, the beginn...

Interesting home

This was the home of one of the founders of Elkhart and a relative of the owners of Ruthmere. It was changed and added to by subsequent residents. It is an excellent example of a home of a well to do ...