What a difference 125 years can make!

DAILY LIFE THEN and NOW

1900 vs. 2025

 

Compare how lifestyles have changed in 125 years when Historic Jacksonville, Inc. opens the C.C. Beekman House for “Daily Life Then and Now” tours! Close your eyes and try to imagine your life in 1900 without your smart phone – for that matter, without any phone at all. What if you had no computer or Internet connection of any kind?  Could you live without TV or radio?    

Do you take your car for granted? Your ability to travel via airplane? In 1900 you would have traveled by horse, wagon, or buggy. Trains had only recently replaced stagecoaches for longer trips; automobiles were a rare novelty.

And that’s just the beginning as Historic Jacksonville invites you to time travel back to 1900 for a “retro” tour of daily Jacksonville life. You’ll be visiting communication, fashion, etiquette, entertainment, chores, household “amenities,” and much more – things we take for granted like HVAC, running water, and…bathrooms!

Gain insight into how your great grandparents…or great great grandparents…might have lived. Join us for an innovative and informative trip into Jacksonville’s past!

Thirty minute tours begin every 20-30 minutes between 12n and 3pm on Saturday, February 22, March 15, and April 19 at

1870s C.C. Beekman House
470 E. California Street
Jacksonville, OR 97530

Tour admission is $8 (cash or check at the door). 

 

DISCLAIMER:  All tour attendees do so at their own risk and waive any liability claims against Historic Jacksonville, Inc. or any volunteer.  This includes illness and injury, as well as loss, damage or theft of property.  Historic Jacksonville, Inc. reserves the right to refuse admission or eject persons at any time.