The next day we had some museums to hit. I’m breaking this day into two posts because there are quite a few pictures.

The first stop was the Pabst mansion. Home of Frederick Pabst, original owner of the Pabst brewing company, and his family. The home was built in 1893 and the family lived there until 1908, just a few years after his death. His wife died not long after and his children were all established in their own homes so the mansion was sold to the Catholic church where archbishops lived until 1975. The house was going to be demolished until a historic society purchased it and opened it for tours. They are still slowly renovating it each year. When it was built he had many advanced conveniences added that were ahead of their time back then. He had an interphone system which was basically a bunch of tubes that went to and from various areas of the house. He had a call system to call for the butler that went from various rooms in the house to the kitchen. Each room had an arrow assigned to it so when a call went to the kitchen the arrow would point up so the butler knew what room was calling. It had electricity very early on. He added an elevator in the very early 1900’s when he began to get sick. I’m sure I’m missing a few but those come to mind.