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HISTORIC HOME HOLIDAYS — South Bend Museum volunteer Gary Tindall stands at the front door of Copshaholm, a 38-room Romanesque Queen Anne house designed by famed New York architect Charles Alonzo Rich and built in 1895 for the local Oliver family, owners of the Oliver Farm Equipment Company. Now part of the South Bend History Museum, the home is decorated every year for Christmas
Copshaholm gets ready for the holidays
DECORATING THE TREE — Volunteer Gary Tindall laces ornaments on a tree Copshaholm’s dining room, one of its most popular and ornate areas. Besides working on Copshaholm’s holiday decorations for the past decade, Tindall gardened for the Oliver family as a child alongside his father.
See Story on Page 3 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS — Gary Tindall, a volunteer who helps set up Copshaholm’s Christmas decorations, stands in the Oliver Mansion’s library. The nineteenth-century estate is adorned with holiday decorations every year, which include a tree in every room and take three weeks to install. Though some features persist, new arrangements are set every year.
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