Christmas at the History Center
December 7th & 8th and December 14th & 15th
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Special Evening Hours December 13th
5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with us the first two weekends of December.
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The museum hallways and the first floor of the Orr Mansion feature uniquely decorated trees and rooms by school children, various groups, and organizations. The second floor and ballroom of the Orr Mansion have been decorated by the History Center Christmas Committee.
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Live music will be featured each day of the Open House. There will be refreshments in the Presidents’ Room on the lower level and craft kits for children to take home. The Piecemakers quilt club will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win one of four lap quilts. You can also vote on your favorite Adult Tree, Kids Tree and First Floor Room in the Orr Mansion.
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Decorated adult trees by, Deep Roots, Bellefontaine Lions Club, Don & Margaret Hilliker YMCA, The Homestead at Logan Acres, Friendly Senior Center Wood Carvers, Ledley Family Farms, Logan County Art League, OSU, Logan Co Alumni, Logan County Visitor's Bureau, Downtown Bellefontaine Partnership, Eastern Star, Shawnee Springs. Top of Ohio Patriots TCN DVP/ Soteria House, and Donate Life Ohio.
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Decorated kids trees by, Shooting Sports Living History 4-H, Ben Logan Kindergarten, Ben Logan First Grade, Ben Logan Second Grade, Ben Logan Third Grade, Ben Logan Fourth Grade, Lo Co Art, and the History Center Home School Class.
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Orr Mansion first floor decorated by, Logan County DAR, Kitchen, Piecemakers, Dining Room, Logan Co. Libraries, East Parlor, West Liberty Garden Club, Mansion Entry, Betty Lloyd for the Bellefontaine First Presbyterian Church, West Parlor, Logan Co. Genealogical Society, Music Room.
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The second floor of the Orr Mansion is decorated with a Christmas song theme.
1st Bedroom, “Silver Bells” by Erin Rudat and Karen Tracey, 2nd Bedroom/ Nursery, “White Christmas” by Marilyn, Jackson, and Noah Springs, 3rd Bedroom, “Frosty the Snowman” by George & Diana Wackerman and Jeanne Jenkins, Orr Office, “Grown-Up Christmas” by Amy McCormick, 4th Bedroom, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Kit Wehe, Tam Van Ness, Leslie Warne and Sharon Kinney, Hallway, “Mistletoe and Holly” by Angie Messner and Beth Marshall, Ballroom, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” by Beth Marshall, Judy Snyder and Don Corwin, and The Presidents' Room decorated by Pat Ortli.
​Share the spirit of Christmas with us!
Admission is free!
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The Logan County History Center celebrated Indian Lake history with a “Salute to Indian Lake” open house on Sunday, April 7th in honor of the 100th anniversary of the opening of Sandy Beach Amusement Park on Decoration Day (Memorial Day), 1924. Exhibits throughout the Museum highlight the amusement park and other aspects of the Indian Lake area’s history from its time as the hunting and fishing grounds of American Indians, to its days as a reservoir for the canal system, to the present. In addition, we have refreshed the exhibits in the Indian Lake Room with many of the wonderful photographs we have of Indian Lake in our archives. We partnered with the Indian Lake Area Historical Society with many of the exhibits.
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The open house also featured a new exhibit entitled “Natural Phenomena in Logan County” in anticipation of the Total Solar Eclipse that occurred on April 8th. It was the first total solar eclipse to pass over this part of Ohio since 1806!
All donations received at the open house were donated to the Logan County United Way for the Tornado Relief Fund.
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Salute to Indian Lake &
Natural Phenomena in Logan County
Exhibit
Open through the end of 2024
Christmas at the History Center
Music Schedule
Music the first weekend will include:
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December 7th
1:15 pm – Bellefontaine High School Jazz Band & Show Choir, Transportation Museum
2:15 pm – Carol Burton, Marianne Antram, and the
West Central Ohio Community Concert
Band, flute music, Orr Mansion
2:30 pm – Mary’s Turbo Accordion Express, music by Lynne Fullerton & Mary Drake,
Transportation Museum
3:30 pm – Dalton Frazier, piano music,
Orr Mansion
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December 8th
2:00 pm – Mad River Valley Dulcimer Society,
Transportation Museum
3:00 pm– Paula Deardurff piano students,
Orr Mansion
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Music the second weekend will include:
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December 13th
5:30 pm – Alicia Wilkins, piano music,
Orr Mansion
6:30 pm – Carol Burton, piano music, Orr Mansion
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December 14th
1:00 pm – Leanna George Piano Students,
Orr Mansion
2:00 pm – Leanna George, piano music,
Orr Mansion
3:30 pm – Cindy Bleininger, piano music,
Orr Mansion
​December 15th
1:00 pm – Shirley McPherson piano students,
Orr Mansion
2:00 pm – St Patrick Church Choir,
Transportation Museum
2:30 pm – Brenda Stinson Thomas & Kacey Adams,
piano music, Orr Mansion
3:00 pm – Popular Demand Quartet,
Transporation Museum
The History Center is pleased to announce our newest exhibit. We have several pieces of Ohio wildlife woodcarvings made by master woodcarver Bob Holderman on exhibit in our lobby. Mr. Holderman, a retired Bellefontaine Police Department Sergeant, extensively researched wildlife that have lived in Logan County. He selected some of these animals from our state’s past and present, and reproduced them with his meticulous woodcarving skills and artistry. Many are carved from a single block of wood, including the base of the carving.
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The History Center has several other pieces of Mr. Holderman’s woodcarvings in our collection. He and his wife, Sharon, have generously loaned their Ohio Wildlife collection to the Logan County History Center.
Bob Holderman
Exhibit
Wood Carvings on Loan
