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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Victorian Texting
1:00 PM CDT, Jun 07, 2025
Marysville, KS
Flirting during the Victorian Era
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If This House Could Talk -- Blog Post #6 -- Parlor FurnitureIF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK…Blog Post #6 Wow! That is Charles’ granddaughter, Julia King, in the picture. She is sitting on the rocker that...
If This House Could Talk -- Blog post #5If This House Could Talk: Mr. Newcomb took this fine winter picture of my outside in November, 1880. Charles had already taken the statu...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK... Blog #4Things started to change around here when Charles became engaged to Sylvia Broughten, and they planned to get married in the summer of 1...
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