Our Website is Live

Last Updated 3/4/2025


Exciting news!  We've gone live with our website.  Here's where you will find news about the Koester House Museum, events we are holding, merchandise to purchase, and stories we have to share.  Please leave us your email and we can share our newsletter directly to your inbox.  We also plan to publish and mail a paper version of the newsletter to Friends of the Koester House Museum.  So, check out our site often to keep in the know.

IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK - Blog #13I’ve been fortunate to have had family here long after Charles and Sylvia died. Jennie lived her entire life here. Tinnie, after she was...
Bonus Post for IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK Charles J.D. Koester’s nineth birthday was memorable. When he was four, Charley was given a toy horse he called Old Hobby because he lov...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- Blog #12IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK ---Blog #12 I remember June 9, 1881, the day that Charles John Daniel was born. The night before was a restless...
IF THIS HOUSE COULD TALK -- BONUS BLOG -- JENNIE THE ARTISTJennie Lucy Koester Scott, Charles and Sylvia Koester’s middle child, was born 146 years ago. Affectionately known as “Jinks” by her fam...