“Victorian Days”
The 2nd half of he 19th Century saw major changes in transportation, medical practices, fashion, household conveniences, jobs, and more as the Industrial Revolution’s inventions and innovations changed everyone’s lifestyle.
View different aspects of life in the late 1800s through the lens of the gold mining town of Jacksonville, Oregon, and the Beekman family, the town’s most prominent and wealthiest pioneers!
These popular tours at Jacksonville’s historic 1870s C.C. Beekman House Museum look at the dramatic changes in life during the late 1800s Industrial Revolution along with the lingering social expectations that continued to influence adoption of these changes.
The Beekman House Museum is located at 470 E. California Street. Tours will begin every 20 minutes starting at 12n with the last tour beginning at 3pm. Tour groups are limited to 8 people and 10 tours are offered each day.
Tours are $10 per person and reservations are required. Walk-ups will be accommodated on a “space available” basis.
September 28 – “Victorian Medical Practices”
Did you know that Coca Cola was initially marketed as a brain tonic, since its original cocaine based formula was a “stimulant”? Or that Lydia Pinkham’s, that popular Victorian nerve tonic, was heavy on opium? Doctors lacked formal medical education; hospitals were virtually non-existent; narcotics, alcohol, and poisons were the base of most medicines; and the “cure” was often worse than the cause! Costumed docents share local health care available in the late 1800s, stories of Beekman family health issues and “cures,” and sanitation measures adopted.
October 19 & 20 – “Victorian Mourning Customs: Honoring the Dearly Departed”
Victorians created elaborate rituals around the passing of a loved one. The house will be decorated as a Victorian house in mourning—clocks stopped, mirrors draped in black, mourning wreath on the door, coffin in the parlor. Costumed docents will share the fashions, home décor, funeral etiquette, social behavior, and personal mementos that honored the dearly departed in the late 1800s.
Purchase Tickets
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(If you receive a “Sold Out” message, please call 541-245-3650 to determine availability. Refunds or exchanges are not available on the day of the event.)
And be sure to check in 5 minutes before your tour. At that time any unclaimed reservations will be offered to “walk ups.” Walk ups will be accommodated based on space available.
DISCLAIMER: All tour attendees do so at their own risk and waive any liability claims against Historic Jacksonville, Inc. or any volunteer. This includes illness and injury, as well as loss, damage or theft of property. Historic Jacksonville, Inc. reserves the right to refuse admission or eject persons at any time.