Council Bluffs, Iowa - near Omaha, Nebraska
In the Art Nouveau Room: a period between 1890 and 1910
Art Nouveau lamp valued $24,400
[A Pairpoint 'Apple Tree' reverse painted glass and patinated metal table lamp circa 1910, the puffy shade moulded in high relief to depict bumble bees and butterflies fluttering over fruiting branches laden with luscious apples, delicate blossoms and foliage, the interior finely painted in brilliant shades of emerald green, teal blue, spring green, orange, yellow, cobalt blue, sienna and white, the base cast in the form of a gnarled tree trunk - source Sotheby's Antique Reporter]
To visit or learn more: dodgehouse.org/
[Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater.
Born: April 12, 1831, Danvers, MA
Died: January 3, 1916, Council Bluffs, IA
Education: Norwich University] --Wikipedia
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Council Bluffs, Iowa - near Omaha, Nebraska
Chilled butter dish, ice underneath
To visit or learn more: dodgehouse.org/
[Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater.
Born: April 12, 1831, Danvers, MA
Died: January 3, 1916, Council Bluffs, IA
Education: Norwich University] --Wikipedia
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Council Bluffs, Iowa - near Omaha, Nebraska
To visit or learn more: dodgehouse.org/
August Beresheim House:
Built in 1899, this house was built for banker and state legislator August Beresheim. The museum is part of the Dodge Museum Complex and includes exhibits like a glass collection and Beresheim family artifacts. Beresheim was General Dodge's banker.
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If the side-border ended, artists would paint an extension of the pattern!
The wallpapers are reproductions of wallpapers available when the home was built. This is a well-designed Victorian home built by William Boyington, a Chicago architect, in 1869.
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Council Bluffs, Iowa - near Omaha, Nebraska
Music box from Germany in ballroom at Dodge House. This is located in the top-floor ballroom.
To visit or learn more: dodgehouse.org/
[Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater.
Born: April 12, 1831, Danvers, MA
Died: January 3, 1916, Council Bluffs, IA
Education: Norwich University] --Wikipedia
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