We've recently renovated the Victorian Tudor Executive Suite. It's a
private bed and breakfast / executive suite. The suite is a fully furnished,
one bedroom, complete with full kitchen and bathroom, with parking. The
unit has its own washer and dryer, as well as dishwasher.
HISTORY
From all indications, this lovely Victorian Bankers Tudor home was built
around the year of 1910. Eugene H. Winslow & Margaret (Rinn) Winslow
were the proud owners. Eugene & Margaret were united in marriage on
November 25th 1908.
Eugene was born October 10, 1881 in Punxsutawney, a son of John
Carlton & Martha (Hughes) Winslow. Eugene’s father, John Carlton
Winslow, was the son of Rubin Colburn Winslow better known as R.C.
Winslow who built and occupied the Winslow mansion of Punxsutawney.
Eugene’s father John Carlton died on November 11, 1881 at the young age
of 22, one month after Eugene was born. Two weeks before his father’s
death Eugene lost a two year old sister named Bessie. Eugene grew up
without a father so R.C. Winslow helped to raise Eugene and entrusted to
him and his wife (in the year of 1909) the land this lovely Bankers Tutor
rests upon. R.C. also provided the money to lay the foundation of the home.
Margaret’s father, Samuel A. Rinn, a well-known coal operator and banker
and one of Punxsutawney’s most successful business men, provided the
money and built the rest of the home. It is believed this was done as a
wedding gift to the couple. However, the wing of the home which houses
the Victorian Tutor Executive Suite / B&B was built on to the main house a
few years later. It was built, as per say, a private suite for Eugene and
connected to the main house by two passageways. Eugene was said to be
a very private person and would retreat to his private suite while Margaret
would entertain her guests in the main area of the home.
The couple resided in this home raising three children, Samuel Rinn
Winslow, John C. Winslow and Anna Martha Winslow Carlton Hughes.
Eugene H. Winslow died at the age of 81 on November 12, 1962 and
Margaret later passed at the age of 78 in October of 1966. The home
remained with the Winslow heirs until it was sold to the Dereume family on
April 12, 1970. It remained in the Dereume family until May 28, 2004 when
it was sold to the present owners Duane & Nancy Miller, who continue to
restore and preserve this one of a kind beautiful Victorian Bankers Tutor. It
is their hope that someday one of the heirs of Eugene and Margaret will
revisit this wonderful home with stories to tell and pictures of days gone by.
Researched and written by Nancy L Miller keeper of the Victorian English Tutor.
Activities and Local Attractions
We are located in the downtown area of
Punxsutawney within walking distance of
drugstores, grocery stores, downtown shops,
churches, weather discovery center, the park and
rails to trails.
Points of Interest
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Punxsutawney Historical Society
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Smicksburg Shops
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Historic Brookville
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Coolspring
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Cook's Forest
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The Clay House
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Antique Shops
Driving Directions
From the North (DuBois)
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Follow US-119S into Punxsutawney
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Turn right onto N. Findley St
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Turn left at stop light onto Pine St.
From the South (Indiana)
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Follow US-119N into Punxsutawney
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Go straight at first stop light
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Turn left at stop sign onto Pine St.
From Interstate 80 (West)
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Take exit 120 toward Clearfield
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Turn right onto PA-879
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Turn right onto River Rd
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Turn right onto US-322
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Continue to follow US-322
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Continue onto PA-410
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Turn left onto US-119S
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Turn right onto North Gilpin St.
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Turn left onto Pine St.
From Interstate 80 (East)
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Take exit 78 toward Brookville
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Turn right onto PA-36S
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Turn left onto North Gilpin St.
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Turn left onto Pine St.
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