LHF Blog

August 8, 2013 Every July the Flynn House ladies celebrate “A Victorian Birthday Party” commemorating Katherine Flynn’s 8th birthday. Martin and Ellen Flynn’s eldest daughter Katherine was born in 1867 and would have turned eight…

June 28, 2013 In 1875, Martin and Ellen Flynn had been married for ten years, so last weekend the Flynn House staff celebrated the couple’s “Tin Wedding.” It was often the custom for friends and…

June 19, 2013 “Tea time” is our favorite time of day at the Flynn Mansion. Around two o’clock each afternoon the Flynn ladies gather in the back parlor or the dining room for a cup…

May 9, 2013 The first day of May was cool and windy as Living History Farms and the Flynn Mansion opened for the 2013 season. New staffer Matthew Beyer joined me in welcoming eleven school…

September 4, 2012 It’s always a treat for the Flynn staff to cook on our 1867 cook stove. Because the house is “climate-controlled”, we usually only fire up the stove about once a week and…