Reddick Mansion Association — Attraction in Ottawa

We enjoyed the house tour and history of the Reddick family. The tour for us was about 90 minutes. You enter on the first floor; there is a stair lift from the first floor to the main floor (study, dining room, sitting rooms). No one used it in our group, but there was not a chair lift up to the third floor (bedroom level). Also, there is seating for visitors in the study. Once you move on, there is no place to sit in the dining room or sitting rooms on the main floor) and then you climb a staircase to the third floor to the bedrooms but still no sitting for guests. Our mother is 80+ and got tired after standing and climbing stairs...

This is a very charming and elegant place to tour (especially at Christmas time for candlelight tours).

The exterior is wonderful for sitting and eating your takeout sushi from BASH or doing a photo shoot. They have a lovely herb garden.

I appreciate that their renovation has been very authentic; for example, they used antique rippled glass to replace old windows.

Remarkably, this organization is all volunteer run.

It certainly is a significant landmark worth visitation from every local...

Interesting bit of history.. Chris the guide was knowledgeable.. Sadly the years of being a library has hurt this building.. They have done an excellent job of restoration and making it a great place to visit while in Ottawa Illinois.. I am here for 3 weeks for work and it's charms like this that I like to visit.. Yall have a...