00:21 - Hello my name is Brian Brashear.

00:22 - I'm a historian and tour guide

00:23 - here at Nemacolin Castle in

00:25 - historic Brownsville

00:26 - Pennsylvania.

00:27 - The castle which

00:27 - is the structure

00:28 - that you see behind me

00:29 - was home to the Bowman family

00:30 - for three generations from the

00:32 - 1780s all the way into the 1950s

00:34 - before the castle was actually

00:36 - built the ground that it stands

00:38 - on it was the approximate site

00:40 - of a French and Indian War

00:41 - fought building seventeen fifty

00:42 - nine by Colonel James Byrd

00:44 - in 1786 a settler came to

00:46 - Brownsville or Redstone

00:47 - as it was called then.

00:48 - His name was Jacob

00:49 - Bowman and Mr.

00:50 - Bowman in partnership with

00:52 - Colonel Elliott established a

00:54 - trading post and Mr Bowman

00:56 - became very wealthy from this

00:57 - trading post and became a very

00:58 - prominent businessman

00:59 - here in Brownsville.

01:01 - He was also justice of the peace

01:02 - president Monongahela National

01:04 - Bank.

01:04 - He was the first postmaster here

01:06 - in Brownsville and he was a very

01:07 - very prominent man here in town

01:09 - as his family began to expand.

01:12 - So did the House and what he did

01:13 - was he actually built around the

01:15 - trading post and connected

01:17 - parts of the house.

01:18 - That was the original part of

01:19 - the house built in the early

01:20 - eighteen hundreds and the

01:21 - beautiful Victorian wing and the

01:23 - tower that you're going to see

01:24 - later on on the tour were

01:25 - actually built by Jacob's son

01:27 - Nelson in the eighteen fifties.

01:29 - Now Nelson's son Charles and

01:30 - Charles' wife Lilia were the

01:32 - last moments to live here until

01:33 - Lilia passed away in 1960 in

01:35 - 1959.

01:36 - And after that the Browns

01:38 - Historical Society took over

01:39 - operations of Nemacolin Castle.

01:43 - So we are now here

01:43 - inside the trading post.

01:45 - It's one of the oldest

01:46 - parts of the house itself.

01:47 - This is where Mr. Bowman

01:48 - conducted a lot of his business

01:50 - as the settlers were coming

01:52 - through and heading west through

01:54 - the national road and along the

01:55 - proximity of the rivers at the

01:57 - top on the ceiling.

01:58 - A lot of the beams are the

01:59 - original beams from the trading

02:01 - post was originally built.

02:03 - And as the house began to expand

02:04 - and some of the items here in

02:06 - the Trading Post are original to

02:07 - the Bownam family like when I'm

02:09 - holding here in my left hand

02:10 - this is actually a crowd

02:11 - stopper.

02:12 - What this would be used for is

02:13 - you would take cabbage and you

02:14 - would just mash it down to

02:15 - be able to make sauerkraut.

02:17 - Hence the name Kraut Stomper.

02:19 - To my right you're going

02:20 - to see a small chair.

02:21 - Now these chairs actually come

02:22 - apart and Mr. Bowman brought

02:24 - these with him from Hagerstown.

02:25 - Now they come apart as the back

02:27 - comes off and also the legs come

02:28 - off.

02:29 - That's to make them

02:30 - very easy to transport.

02:31 - As someone would be traveling

02:32 - especially over rugged terrain

02:34 - such as the mountains

02:35 - which is what Mr.

02:36 - Bowman had to cross to

02:36 - get here to Redstone you can see

02:38 - the pewter plate up here to my

02:40 - left.

02:41 - That is an original Bowman

02:42 - family possession also and some

02:44 - things that they would have out

02:46 - here on what was called the

02:48 - Frontier a back in the 1780s.

02:50 - You can see some

02:51 - snowshoes on the

02:52 - wall to my left you'll see a

02:53 - smaller set.

02:54 - Those are used for forested

02:56 - and brush heavy brush areas.

02:58 - And up here you're going

02:59 - to see a larger set.

03:00 - Those were used for more as more

03:03 - used in like an open field type

03:05 - setting so different kinds of

03:07 - snowshoes for different kinds of

03:09 - terrain.

03:11 - Also to my right you're

03:12 - going to see a desk.

03:14 - Mr Bowman was the first

03:15 - postmaster here in Brownsville.

03:17 - He was appointed that position

03:18 - by President George Washington

03:20 - in the 1790s and he held that

03:21 - position for 30 years all the

03:23 - way into the 1820s.

03:25 - So the desk is original to the

03:27 - house so we're now upstairs.

03:30 - And when Jacob and Isabella

03:31 - Bowman first began to expand the

03:33 - house this was their

03:34 - first bedroom.

03:35 - But as their wealth increased

03:36 - they moved to a bigger room down

03:38 - the hallway which we'll see

03:39 - in just a few minutes.

03:40 - So this room became the room for

03:42 - the household help namely the

03:44 - maid.

03:44 - Now the maid would have led a

03:45 - rather simple life her duties

03:47 - would have been there she would

03:48 - have had a lot of duties she

03:49 - would have had to do the cooking

03:50 - the cleaning the sweeping the

03:51 - ironing whatever the Bowmans

03:53 - needed her to do the bed that

03:55 - you see is original and

03:56 - it's made of cherry wood.

03:57 - And it's called a three quarter

03:58 - bed because it's in between the

04:00 - size of a twin and a full size

04:02 - over here to my right you'll see

04:05 - an idea of what a maid would

04:06 - look like in the eighteen

04:07 - hundreds.

04:08 - Just a simple white apron

04:10 - with a white dress.

04:11 - And here in the maid's room

04:13 - you're going to notice behind me

04:14 - you're going to see that

04:15 - this is a small cupboard.

04:16 - This is called a

04:17 - chimney cupboard.

04:18 - And with Jacob and Isabella

04:19 - first built this room you could

04:21 - actually be taxed in the

04:22 - seventeen hundreds if a closet

04:24 - was of a certain size.

04:25 - So they just built a small

04:26 - chimney cupboard here just for

04:27 - that very reason.

04:28 - So they wouldn't have to

04:30 - worry about any taxes.

04:32 - So we are now here

04:33 - in the nursery.

04:34 - And Jacob and Isabella Bowman

04:36 - had nine children they had five

04:37 - daughters and four sons.

04:39 - So a lot of children would have

04:41 - been born and raised here at

04:42 - Nemacolin Castle when it was

04:44 - the early part of the home.

04:45 - You're going to notice the

04:47 - beautiful bay window behind me

04:49 - Bowman's are starting to add

04:50 - more additions onto their home

04:51 - as Mr. Bowman's

04:52 - wealth increased.

04:53 - You're also going to

04:54 - notice a rocking horse.

04:55 - It is original to the house

04:56 - and it was a bowman family

04:57 - possession and it's carved

04:58 - from a single piece of wood.

05:00 - And it is made from real horse

05:02 - hair as far as the mane and the

05:03 - tail go.

05:04 - Also over here you're going to

05:06 - see what is called a Franklin

05:07 - stove which was invented by

05:08 - Benjamin Franklin in the late

05:10 - 70s hundreds.

05:11 - And how it worked was instead

05:12 - of a traditional open fireplace

05:14 - what you would do is you would

05:15 - actually build the fire and the

05:16 - heat would radiate through the

05:18 - metal therefore keeping the room

05:20 - warmer for a longer

05:21 - period of time.

05:23 - So we are now in the tower.

05:25 - The tower was added by Nelson

05:27 - Bowman In the eighteen fifties.

05:28 - After Jacob had passed away

05:29 - there are three floors to the

05:31 - tower.

05:31 - This is the middle floor.

05:32 - The second floor is

05:33 - called The Tower bedroom.

05:34 - Below us is the dining room

05:35 - which is the first floor and

05:37 - there's also another

05:38 - floor directly above us.

05:39 - So the tower bedroom we believe

05:41 - was used for gentleman guests

05:42 - when they would visit

05:43 - here at the castle.

05:44 - You're gonna notice

05:45 - the bed right

05:45 - over here to my left it is

05:46 - original it dates to the

05:47 - eighteen forties and it's made

05:49 - of mahogany.

05:50 - If you notice over there to the

05:51 - left and also to the right

05:53 - you're going to see small

05:54 - cupboards and those would be

05:55 - used to store the gentlemen's

05:57 - clothes when he was here

05:58 - visiting and also the small

05:59 - chair over here dates to around

06:02 - 1910.

06:03 - So it is an original

06:05 - part of the castle.

06:08 - So the room we're in now is the

06:09 - original master bedroom up into

06:11 - the eighteen fifties.

06:12 - This is where the head of

06:13 - the household would sleep.

06:14 - You're going to

06:15 - notice the bed here.

06:16 - This is the oldest

06:17 - bed in the house.

06:17 - It's made of Walnut and it

06:19 - did belong to Jacob Bowman.

06:21 - If you look on the side of the

06:22 - bed you're going to see small

06:23 - pegs coming out.

06:24 - That's because this is

06:25 - what's called a rope bed.

06:26 - What they would

06:27 - do is back in the

06:27 - eighteen hundreds mattresses

06:29 - were stuffed with whatever they

06:30 - could stuffed them with feathers

06:31 - hay grass you name it.

06:33 - And what would happen is you

06:34 - would sink whenever you sat on

06:35 - the mattress.

06:36 - So what you would do is you

06:37 - would take ropes you would put

06:38 - them under the mattress you

06:39 - would tie them and then wrap

06:40 - them around the notches over

06:41 - there on the side of the bed.

06:43 - If you ever heard the term sleep

06:44 - tight that's where it comes from

06:45 - you're pulling the ropes tight

06:47 - to be able to sturdy the

06:48 - mattress so you don't

06:49 - sleep or don't sink.

06:51 - Also if you've heard the term

06:52 - don't let the bedbugs bite that

06:54 - probably come from the mattress

06:55 - cause who knows what was inside

06:56 - the mattress whenever

06:57 - they stuffed it.

06:58 - Also you're going to notice a

07:00 - photograph here that photograph

07:01 - is of Lilia Bowman.

07:02 - She was the last Bowman to

07:04 - reside here at the castle.

07:05 - It was taken the 1950s during

07:07 - her later years and also to the

07:10 - left of the photograph.

07:11 - You're going to see what is

07:12 - called a copper warmer what you

07:14 - would do in the

07:14 - wintertime as you

07:15 - would place hot water inside

07:17 - that warmer and you would then

07:18 - place it under the sheets to be

07:19 - able to warm the entire bed.

07:21 - So if you look behind me you can

07:23 - see that there is an addition

07:24 - built onto the master bedroom

07:26 - over to the right and to the

07:27 - left are two giant walk-in

07:29 - closets that the Bowmans would

07:30 - use to dress in and to

07:32 - keep their clothes.

07:33 - Also there is a vanity over here

07:35 - and it belong to the second Mrs.

07:36 - Bowman.

07:37 - Elizabeth Bowman Nelson's wife.

07:38 - And it dates to around

07:41 - the eighteen forties.

07:43 - So we've now crossed in into the

07:45 - Victorian wing of the home built

07:46 - around 1850 known

07:48 - as the East Wing.

07:49 - So you're going to see as we

07:50 - progress here the rooms are

07:51 - going to become more

07:52 - elaborate and more ornate.

07:53 - The Bowman family is now at the

07:55 - height of their wealth and

07:56 - influence here in

07:57 - western Pennsylvania.

07:58 - The room we're in now is known

07:59 - as the east bedroom and it has a

08:01 - lot of Italian influence.

08:03 - The last generation of Bowman's

08:04 - to live here Charles and Lilia

08:06 - were avid travelers and they

08:07 - enjoyed visiting Europe.

08:08 - Any chance that they

08:09 - could especially Italy.

08:10 - So you're going to notice some

08:11 - Italian influence here in the

08:12 - room.

08:13 - There's a painting on the wall

08:14 - but the notes the canals of

08:16 - Venice that they brought back

08:17 - with them over here you're going

08:19 - to see a painting of the Madonna

08:20 - and Child that dates to 1885

08:22 - that they brought back with them

08:24 - around the turn of the century.

08:25 - You're also going to see an

08:26 - Italian marble fireplace there

08:28 - are several of those over

08:29 - here in the east wing.

08:31 - And over here to my left you're

08:33 - going to see one of Lilia

08:34 - Bowman's dresses which dates

08:35 - from around nineteen hundred.

08:37 - You can even see the ostrich

08:38 - plumed hat resting on Lilia's

08:40 - original vanity right over

08:42 - right over there to the left.

08:45 - So the room we're in now is

08:46 - referred to as the bishop's

08:48 - bedroom.

08:49 - Jacob Bowman along with his

08:50 - friend William Hogg donated the

08:52 - land that the Episcopal Church

08:53 - would be built on here in

08:55 - Brownsville.

08:55 - And they were members of

08:56 - that Episcopal Church.

08:57 - And whenever the bishop the

08:58 - Episcopal bishop who lived in

09:00 - Pittsburgh would come to visit

09:01 - Brownsville and visit his

09:02 - congregation he would always

09:03 - stay here with the Bowman's.

09:05 - Nelson Bowman when he built the

09:06 - East Wing went so far as to

09:07 - build it build this room and

09:09 - this bedroom was reserved for

09:10 - the bishop.

09:11 - On those visits of course the

09:12 - focal point of this room is the

09:14 - elaborate bed itself.

09:16 - This bed was handmade in

09:17 - Louisiana by the Louisiana

09:19 - Branch of the Bowman family

09:21 - namely that the children of

09:22 - William Robert Bowman

09:23 - who moved to St.

09:24 - Francis fill Louisiana

09:25 - and began to start

09:26 - his family there.

09:27 - So the bed was transported up

09:29 - the Mississippi River and then

09:31 - to the Ohio and then down the

09:32 - Monongahela and unloaded here at

09:34 - Brownsville.

09:35 - Also you're going to see a Bible

09:37 - there on the table that Bible

09:38 - dates from 1813.

09:41 - And also this mirror here this

09:42 - is called a diamond dust backed

09:43 - mirror and it's in incredible

09:45 - shape for its age.

09:46 - It dates to around 1850

09:47 - over there in the corner.

09:49 - You can see the early version

09:51 - of a reclining chair that chair

09:52 - does recline back.

09:53 - They would want the bishop to be

09:55 - in as much comfort as he could

09:56 - be in and have a good stay here

09:58 - when he was living here with the

09:59 - Bowman family when he

10:01 - was here on his visits.

10:03 - So we are now downstairs in the

10:05 - lower Victorian wing of the

10:06 - house and if you were invited to

10:08 - an evening to spend here with

10:10 - Bowman's you would have entered

10:11 - through the carriage entrance

10:12 - which is right behind you

10:13 - and here into the foyer.

10:14 - Now the foyer where you would

10:16 - have been received probably

10:17 - would have been a small three

10:18 - piece band playing in one of

10:20 - these corners here.

10:21 - And this is where Mrs. Bowman

10:22 - would have greeted you and she

10:24 - was probably taking you over to

10:25 - the drawing room to my right or

10:27 - the library to my left.

10:30 - So we are now here in the

10:31 - library at Nemacolin Castle and

10:33 - the library was Nelson

10:34 - Bowman's pride and joy.

10:36 - At one time this library held

10:38 - over thirteen thousand books

10:40 - periodicals and magazines for

10:42 - the Bowman's reading pleasure.

10:44 - If you look on the fireplace

10:45 - above the fireplace you can see

10:47 - Nelson Bowman is over there on

10:49 - the right to the left is his

10:51 - wife Elizabeth Bowman and this

10:52 - is William above the mantel

10:54 - there and on the fireplace you

10:55 - can see the Bowman family crest

10:57 - which dates back to their

10:59 - origins in Germany.

11:00 - The black chair that you see

11:01 - there actually belonged to

11:03 - Nelson's father Jacob Bowman and

11:04 - he did bring that with him from

11:06 - Hagerstown.

11:07 - Now Jacob had passed away by the

11:08 - time that this wing of the house

11:10 - was built.

11:10 - But he did have a nail factory

11:12 - which stood right here where the

11:13 - East Wing now stands.

11:16 - What I'm holding here this is

11:18 - what's called an end of the day

11:20 - cane.

11:21 - It's a glass cane and the reason

11:22 - it's called an end of the day

11:23 - cane is at the end of the day at

11:25 - the glass making factory what

11:26 - they would do is they would

11:27 - round up a lot of the shards of

11:28 - glass that would make

11:29 - canes out of them.

11:30 - And they really didn't have a

11:31 - practical use as Glass does tend

11:32 - to break of course.

11:33 - So they were basically just a

11:35 - showpiece that people would use

11:36 - back in the Victorian era.

11:38 - Also you can see a chess set

11:39 - and some playing cards.

11:41 - Behind me you can imagine the

11:42 - gentlemen of the Bowman's era

11:44 - sitting in here playing chess

11:45 - playing cards smoking cigars

11:47 - drinking brandy and talking

11:48 - about the events of the country

11:50 - or the nation at that

11:51 - particular time.

11:52 - To my right you're going to see

11:54 - another painting that is Ann

11:56 - Eliot Bowman also known as Ann

11:58 - Eliot Bowman Schweitzer. Ann

12:00 - Eliot Bowman Schweitzer had two

12:01 - sons who served in the Union

12:03 - Army during the Civil War.

12:04 - One of those sons Jacob Bowman

12:05 - Schweitzer are named after his

12:07 - grandfather commanded a brigade

12:08 - in the wheat field at the Battle

12:10 - of Gettysburg.

12:11 - Her other son Nelson Bowman

12:12 - Schweitzer named after Anne's

12:14 - Brother Nelson actually served

12:15 - on the staff of General

12:17 - McClellan and was decorated for

12:18 - gallantry during the War Between

12:20 - the States.

12:21 - So we are now in the drawing

12:22 - room and this is where the

12:23 - Bowman's family would spend a

12:25 - lot of time entertaining their

12:26 - guests.

12:27 - Some items here in the drawing

12:28 - room include this chair right

12:30 - here that Mr. Bowman was given

12:31 - by the Episcopal Church.

12:33 - This is called a deacons chair

12:34 - and it lifts up and underneath

12:36 - you would be able to place your

12:38 - hymnal or your Bible behind me.

12:41 - This is a chickering piano

12:42 - was made in Boston.

12:43 - And the Bowman's brought

12:45 - that here in the 1870s.

12:46 - You're also going to

12:47 - see a mirror here.

12:48 - This is called a Louis the 16th

12:49 - mirror and it was brought back

12:51 - with the Bowman family on one

12:52 - of their European trips.

12:54 - This did come from France.

12:56 - On the wall you're going to

12:57 - notice two paintings to the

12:58 - right is going to be Jacob

13:00 - Bowman and to the left is going

13:01 - to be his wife Isabella.

13:03 - And you might notice about these

13:05 - paintings there are no features

13:06 - there are no arms.

13:08 - Reason being as they're called

13:09 - traveller's portraits and how

13:10 - that would work is the traveler

13:11 - and artist would come around and

13:13 - what he would do is he would

13:14 - just paint your head on an

13:15 - already painted canvas.

13:16 - That way he would save time and

13:17 - be able to do more paintings.

13:19 - So travelers portraits of Jacob

13:21 - and Isabella we are now in the

13:24 - sitting room and we've kind of

13:25 - gone back in time again back to

13:27 - the original part of the house

13:28 - when Jacob and Isabella first

13:29 - came here from Hagerstown they

13:31 - lived in a structure which stood

13:32 - right here where the sitting

13:34 - room now stands as they began to

13:35 - expand the house they connected

13:37 - the small room here with the

13:39 - trading post and the sitting

13:40 - room became known as the family

13:42 - room that's where the family

13:43 - would spend a lot of their time

13:44 - together.

13:45 - You're going to look at

13:46 - the big fireplace here.

13:47 - You're also going to see a small

13:49 - little reminder of one day where

13:50 - the fire kind of got out of

13:51 - control because there is a

13:52 - charred beam there.

13:54 - Dates probably sometime in the

13:55 - late 17 or early eighteen

13:57 - hundreds on the wall there

13:58 - you're going to see two small

14:00 - samplers that were done by the

14:01 - Bowman daughters Louisa and

14:03 - Mary.

14:04 - And it was said back then that

14:06 - the better young woman sampler

14:07 - was the better she would be with

14:09 - her needlepoint and it would

14:10 - also help young ladies learn the

14:11 - alphabet and as well as their

14:13 - numbers on the wall surrounding

14:15 - the room you're going to see

14:16 - small photographs of famous

14:18 - people from Brownsville's past

14:19 - to my left.

14:20 - This is John Alfred Brashear.

14:22 - And he was a very famous pioneer

14:24 - in the astronomy field.

14:25 - He developed the early telescope

14:27 - the lens that they would use for

14:29 - the early telescope and also in

14:31 - the wall back there as Philander

14:32 - Knox Philander Knox was

14:34 - Secretary of State under

14:35 - President William Howard Taft

14:37 - and he also served under

14:38 - President Teddy Roosevelt.

14:41 - This is the conservatory.

14:43 - And up until around nineteen

14:45 - hundred This was actually an

14:46 - open porch.

14:47 - But as I mentioned Charles

14:48 - and Lilia Bowman were avid

14:50 - travelers.

14:51 - They liked to visit Europe and

14:52 - they also during the winter

14:53 - months liked to visit Central

14:54 - and South America and Lilia

14:56 - Bowman loved tropical plants and

14:57 - she often liked to bring them

14:59 - back bring them back with

15:00 - her to Pennsylvania.

15:02 - The only problem was during the

15:03 - winter months they wouldn't

15:04 - thrive so well here

15:05 - with the cold climate.

15:06 - So what she did was she enclosed

15:07 - this porch she installed windows

15:09 - to be able to give ample light.

15:11 - And she also put these giant

15:12 - heating pipes in to be able to

15:14 - provide very good heat for these

15:15 - plants that lasted all year

15:17 - round.

15:18 - And so named conservatory.

15:19 - We also know that out of all the

15:21 - rooms in this house the Bowman

15:23 - family Christmas tree stood

15:24 - right here right in front of

15:26 - these two doors.

15:27 - So the Bowmans would celebrate

15:28 - Christmas morning right here

15:29 - where we're now standing.

15:31 - She also added a fireplace back

15:32 - here which is made of hand cut

15:34 - stone.

15:35 - And if you look at the floor

15:36 - you're going to see two little

15:37 - doors.

15:38 - That is where Mrs. Bowman

15:39 - would put a bucket down to an

15:40 - underground system and to be

15:41 - able to get the water to be able

15:43 - to water those plants that she

15:44 - brought back from her many

15:46 - travels.

15:48 - This room is the dining room and

15:50 - it is the first floor on the

15:51 - tower and the tower bedroom

15:53 - is directly above us.

15:54 - And there is also a third room

15:56 - above above the tower bedroom.

15:57 - The furniture that you see

15:59 - here dates to the 1890s.

16:00 - It was a wedding gift to Charles

16:01 - and Lelia when they were married

16:03 - from Lilia's parents.

16:04 - You can see the chairs here as

16:06 - well as the piece behind me.

16:08 - The painting on the wall.

16:09 - That is Goodlow Bowman and that

16:11 - is one of Jacob Bowman sons.

16:13 - And if you look down here on the

16:14 - ground you're actually gonna see

16:15 - a small hole in the

16:16 - floor at one time.

16:17 - There was a buzzer there.

16:18 - So if the Bowman family needed

16:19 - to call the maid to bring them

16:21 - more food or more drinks

16:22 - whatever it was that they needed

16:23 - they would simply press their

16:24 - foot down on that button and the

16:26 - maid would be able to be

16:27 - summoned from wherever she was

16:28 - inside the house to be able to

16:29 - bring the Bowmans whatever it

16:30 - was that they needed at

16:32 - that particular time.

16:34 - We're now in a small corridor

16:36 - that connects the sitting room

16:37 - and the Trading Post and here in

16:39 - this small corridor we can find

16:40 - reminders of what life was like

16:42 - back in the day around the turn

16:44 - of the century.

16:44 - There's a water pump and you can

16:46 - imagine the maid coming over

16:47 - here and trying to work hard

16:49 - just to get water for the family

16:51 - of whatever it was they needed

16:52 - water for the cooking the

16:53 - cleaning anything that

16:55 - they needed to do.

16:57 - Also over here we have an old

16:59 - vacuum cleaner and this is from

17:00 - the National vacuum company

17:02 - and it dates to around 1911.

17:04 - Now it's not like the modern

17:05 - vacuum cleaners we have today

17:07 - where you just plug it in and

17:08 - hit the button and turn it on.

17:09 - You actually had to create

17:10 - suction with this by pulling

17:12 - this lever and it would be a

17:14 - long tedious task just to vacuum

17:16 - a carpet back in 1911.

17:18 - So we have to give

17:19 - those people credit.

17:20 - They were very dedicated back

17:21 - then to be able to do those

17:22 - things.

17:23 - Also over here we have some

17:25 - reminders of what life was like

17:27 - back then.

17:28 - We have a few brandy bottles a

17:29 - few bottles of of some things

17:31 - that were purchased at

17:32 - pharmacies and things like that.

17:33 - But the the Bowman's would have

17:35 - seen all these things on a daily

17:37 - basis.

17:38 - Back whenever they occupied the

17:40 - castle I hope you've enjoyed

17:42 - your walkthrough of

17:44 - Nemacolin Castle.

17:45 - We do have events and tours

17:46 - here throughout the year in the

17:48 - summer we are open on weekends

17:49 - and also during the month of

17:51 - October on weekend evenings

17:52 - we do ghost tours here at the

17:54 - castle.

17:55 - And during the Christmas season

17:56 - the castle is beautifully

17:57 - decorated in colonial

17:58 - Victorian style.

17:59 - And we are open for Christmas

18:00 - tours so you'll be able to see

18:01 - the castle decorated as they

18:03 - would have decorated it back in

18:05 - those eras.

18:06 - You can always check

18:07 - us out at our Web site

18:08 - www.NemacolinCastle.net you

18:09 - can like us on Facebook.

18:11 - Brownsville historical society

18:13 - or you can give us a call at

18:14 - (724)785-6882.

18:18 - Again I hope you've enjoyed your

18:19 - tour and we look forward to your

18:20 - visit.