Learning about local history and the Stroehle family
By Jaclyn Morrow
Saturday, September 9th at 2:00 pm, the Stroehle House was open for the semi-annual High Tea. This historic home at 231 Chase Street in Black Hawk has been recently renovated to Victorian times when the home was occupied by the Stroehle family. The home was donated to the Gilpin Historical Society by a cousin of the home’s occupants as requested as a generous gift to be kept as a historical reminder of ways and days now gone. The front two rooms are well preserved and display framed historical photos with 150 year old furnishings. The box-like grand piano came from St. Louis on a stage coach, and the curved glass curio cabinet with cherished collections graced the parlor where 16 guests gathered at four tables with four chairs each. The dining room next to the parlor seated 10 more guests. The food and tea modern were prepared in the kitchen from behind the dining room. The rooms in the rear part of the house are occupied by a residential tenant who cooperates with the living museum experience of the Stroehle House High Teas.
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