Klosterman House on 2016 Christmas Home Tour
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The 2016 Christmas Home Tour, sponsored by the U.S. Grant Homestead Association, will be held in Georgetown on Sunday, Dec. 4 from noon-5 p.m. The tour begins at the Thompson House Gallery, 203 East Grant Avenue where you can buy tickets and pick up a tour packet. Tickets are $10 and are available at Donohoo’s Drugstore on the west side of the courthouse square or by phone at 937-378-3087. All ticket purchasers will be entered in the drawing for a special John Ruthven-Thompson House Basket with a retail value of over $125. You do not have to be present to win.
Included on the tour is Ulysses Grant's first school at 208 East Grant Avenue, the Stock Company Building at 107 South Apple Street, the Colonel David Ammen home at 115 South Apple Street, and the restored U.S. Grant Homestead at 219 East Grant Avenue. Another home featured on the tour is the Klosterman home on SR 221.
In 1843 Edward Thompson and his wife, Susannah, gave each of their three sons a farm. All three properties were located on White Oak Creek just west of Georgetown, and each one included a mill. The two daughters, Violet and Molly, were given dowries.
James, the oldest son, received what has become known as the Armleder home and a mill which was just across the road. William’s property included the Tunnel Mill, which still stands next to S.R. 221.
John was the youngest and his land was between the properties given to James and William, with a mill which stood on the south side of the creek below Buttermilk Falls and the (now abandoned) road up Bald Point Hill. In about 1852, John Thompson built this impressive Greek Revival home on a hill overlooking White Oak Valley.
When Ken and Judy Klosterman purchased the home their vision for the property included a second level on the west wing to balance the two-story east wing, and a large kitchen addition in the rear.
Months of planning were required before the final architectural drawings were completed and construction work could begin. The original structure has been meticulously restored and both additions were executed with painstaking care to perfectly match the original structure. The result is undoubtedly one of the finest homes in southern Ohio.
Judy Klosterman died on Oct. 13, 2016 and this open house is in her honor.
Included on the tour is Ulysses Grant's first school at 208 East Grant Avenue, the Stock Company Building at 107 South Apple Street, the Colonel David Ammen home at 115 South Apple Street, and the restored U.S. Grant Homestead at 219 East Grant Avenue. Another home featured on the tour is the Klosterman home on SR 221.
In 1843 Edward Thompson and his wife, Susannah, gave each of their three sons a farm. All three properties were located on White Oak Creek just west of Georgetown, and each one included a mill. The two daughters, Violet and Molly, were given dowries.
James, the oldest son, received what has become known as the Armleder home and a mill which was just across the road. William’s property included the Tunnel Mill, which still stands next to S.R. 221.
John was the youngest and his land was between the properties given to James and William, with a mill which stood on the south side of the creek below Buttermilk Falls and the (now abandoned) road up Bald Point Hill. In about 1852, John Thompson built this impressive Greek Revival home on a hill overlooking White Oak Valley.
When Ken and Judy Klosterman purchased the home their vision for the property included a second level on the west wing to balance the two-story east wing, and a large kitchen addition in the rear.
Months of planning were required before the final architectural drawings were completed and construction work could begin. The original structure has been meticulously restored and both additions were executed with painstaking care to perfectly match the original structure. The result is undoubtedly one of the finest homes in southern Ohio.
Judy Klosterman died on Oct. 13, 2016 and this open house is in her honor.