Press Release
Event Date:
December 10, 2016
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Old-Fashioned Christmas at the Thomas Marshall
House
The Thomas Marshall House, 409 N. Market Street in North
Manchester, will be open December 10, 2016 from 1 to 4 p.m.
The house will be decorated for Christmas as it might have been in 1854,
when Thomas Marshall was born.
The Marshall House is usually scheduled to be open to the
public the first Saturday of the month.
However, there are other numerous Christmas-related programs scheduled
for the weekend of December 2-4.
The NM Historical Society invites everyone to visit the Marshall House on a
less-hectic weekend. Local artist
and historian Steve Batzka and other docents will be available to guide people
through the house and provide information about the Marshall Family.
The house itself harkens to a much simpler time.
“It will represent an old-fashioned Christmas,” said Batzka.
“People didn’t observe Christmas like they do today.”
Thomas Marshall was born in North Manchester and became
governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States.
His birth house, on north Market Street next to the library, was
completely restored and furnished by the North Manchester Historical Society to
its 1854 condition. It is open to
the public on the first Saturday of each month, but will be open this December
on the second Saturday. After
December 12, the house will remain closed until next spring.
The NMHS’s Center for History also observes a winter hiatus
from mid-December through mid-March.
Although the Center is not open for general visitors, groups may arrange
tours any time, and staff are available on weekdays to assist with research or
accept items donated to its collection.