Koester House Museum & Gardens

Koester House Museum & Gardens

Get a feel for what life was like in the late 1800s by touring the Koester House Museum.  Hear the stories of the family who made this house their home and how the Koester Family influenced Marysville.  Be sure to enjoy the gardens, which include 12 white zinc statues that Charles Koester used in the Gardens when he lived here.  

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Bonus Post for IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK Charles J.D. Koester’s nineth birthday was memorable. When he was four, Charley was given a toy horse he called Old Hobby because he lov...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #12IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK ---Blog #12 I remember June 9, 1881, the day that Charles John Daniel was born. The night before was a restless...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- BONUS BLOG -- JENNIE THE ARTISTJennie Lucy Koester Scott, Charles and Sylvia Koester’s middle child, was born 146 years ago. Affectionately known as “Jinks” by her fam...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #11IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK—Blog #11 Jennie Lucy, Charles and Sylvia’s second-born, lived her entire life here. The middle- child, she was ...

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