The Oliver Mansion — Attraction in South Bend

It's an interesting tour and is a beautiful home. The tour is about 90 minutes long and goes through all 38 rooms. Unfortunately is not kid friendly as young children cannot even touch wood stair railings or unbreakable tables. However, it was clear the Oliver family loved and adored their children, allowing them to rollerskate in the house, jump onto pillows from one floor to the other, encouraged them to run about, and even built in a room for children to learn how to play the piano. While our young boys did well on the tour and our tour guide was likely only enforcing the rules, the rules were a strict and at times overbearing. Likewise, the entire party had to always be kept together in tight quarters in view of our guide even when people wanted to take photos without having others in the shot. The original wood floors were covered in carpets by the city to keep the floors preserved so only very small portions of the floors were actually visible. I'm not sure how a maximum of two dozen people touring slowly through the house per day would damage the wooden floors that have been there for 125+ years if the carpet was removed, nor am I sure why they are preserving floors that nobody will ever be able to see. I think if the Oliver family were still alive, they might be impressed with many things how their house was cared for, but unimpressed that it does not cater to children and unimpressed with the overprotective environment, most notably the floors being carpeted by the city...

As soon as we got in the car after the tour, I said this is an absolute MUST SEE if you’re in the area. My husband and I came here for “Christmas at Copshaholm” and it was truly magical. We are both born and raised in Elkhart but neither one of us had ever been here. I saw that it was decorated for Christmas (my favorite holiday) and decided it would be the perfect first visit for us. As soon as you walk in you’re hit with the beauty of all the original woodwork in the home. It’s absolutely stunning. We learned that all of the furniture is original to the house, which is such a rare and special touch when looking at a historical home. We take historical home tours all over the U.S. and it’s very rare that all the furniture is original to the home. We will absolutely be back! I didn’t take many pictures because I was taking in...

Sadly disappointed I bought 6 combo tickets early last week, for The Oliver Mansion Studebaker and History Museums, and scheduled a tour at the same time for the Oliver Mansion, Saturday @ 2:00pm.... Celebrating a 25th Anniversary, family members arrived from Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, and Bridgman Mi, to celebrate ..I had tickets in hand, after making my reservation and , was not called, or notified ,that we would need to reschedule, because there was no one to host the tour, and, they couldn't even find our reservation We received no help from the desk, or even an apology for our trouble or inconvenience.... We were very disappointed at the lack...