“I must perish like a Roman, Die the great Triumvir still”
By Taylor Akers '24 Prepared for Historic House Museums course 305, Museum Studies department. James Risque Hutter (October 22, 1841 -...
History of Sandusky. Part 5: The Adkinsons
After more than 100 years, Sandusky was sold out of the Hutter family, in 1952. At this point Sandusky had been owned by Janie C. Hutter,...
History of Sandusky. Part 4: The Enslaved Families
It must not be forgotten that part of Sandusky’s history, until 1865, were the enslaved families that lived and worked there. Their...
Hand's-On-History Camp 2017
Historic Sandusky’s first annual Hands-on History Camp was a hit among this year’s campers. In response to the question “what did you dislike the most about the camp” on our anonymous evaluation, campers wrote “I liked all of it”, “not much”, and “nothing”. This year’s camp was held July 17th through 21st. The purpose of the camp was to cultivate an interest in history without using the traditional classroom-textbook style approach to learning. Campers explored history throu
Learning From The Past
My name is Timothy Elliott and I am one of the Historical Interpreters at The Historic Sandusky Museum. My job includes many things, such as giving tours of the historic house and running the gift shop, but it also entails doing research on the Hutter family, a distinguished family that lived at Sandusky for over one hundred years. For the last few months, I have been combing over hundreds of Hutter family letters and documents to get a clearer picture of their history and wh
