Reddick mansion nears completion of all indoor and outdoor restoration. Lorraine McCallister President of the Reddick Mansion Association discusses the state of the restoration on the mansion:
When the restoration is done the rooms will be set with period furniture and vintage gas lit chandeliers.
The restored and redecorated rooms will be added to the tour.
All 94 window panes have been restored and installed.
Remaining restoration work includes the entrance door under the large stairway, back doors and iconic balconies on the East side.
Exact dates for a grand reopening are unknown due to the pandemic and ongoing work schedule.
Exterior restoration on the Reddick mansion is not all work that is going on. Since last winter, two of the upstairs bedrooms have been replastered and painted.
The bedrooms were where Mrs. Eliza Reddick slept and their adopted daughter Elizabeth Funk.
On the exterior, all 94 window panes have been restored and period style windows installed.
The ground level doors remain a work in progress as well as the balconies on the East side.
The Reddicks had a carriage but did not survive when the carriage house was transformed into a caretakers house on the grounds on the west side.
Baths were possible for the Reddicks but the technology at the time of construction was equivalent to a medieval castle.