Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site
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Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site is located in New Albany, Indiana by the Ohio River. It was the home of William Culbertson, who was once the richest man in Indiana. Built in 1867 at a cost of $120,000, this French Second Empire-style mansion has 25-rooms within 20,000 square feet. Features within the edifice include hand-painted ceilings, carved rosewood staircase, marble fireplaces, and crystal chandeliers. The displays within the mansion feature the Culbertson family and the restoration of the building. The rooms on the tour are the grand parlors, dining room, bedrooms, kitchen, and laundry room.
After several different owners, the city of New Albany purchased the mansion in 1964. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1974 and became a state historic site in 1976.
Since 1985, the Carriage Barn of the Mansion has served as a haunted house, and provides most of the funding the mansion receives to renovate.
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