The Favorite Room voting during the 2022 Tanner House Holidays had the following results: First place, Parlor, decorated by Pam and Shawn Van Kampen. Following first place very closely was the second place Dining Room, decorated by Darlene and Jim Varney and their...
Enjoy the decked-out Tanner House on Sunday, December 4 from 1-4pm and visit with special guests Santa and Mrs. Claus! Special thanks to friends of Santa and Mrs. Claus, Jeremy and Tina Fewer for sharing their holiday spirit!
Darlene and Jim Varney and their daughter Emily Adams accept the Victoria Award from house historian Karen Nickels for their creation of a Victorian Christmas dinner in the Dining Room. Also pictured are Shawn and Pam Van Kampen, who decorated the Parlor. The award...
Former mayor, 36-year member of city council, and stalwart supporter of the best in Aurora, Bob was a real friend of the Aurora Historical Society and we will miss his generous smile and kind sense of humor. In this 2017 photo, Bob, at left, joined in the fun of...
The Henry Pratt may be gone now, moved to Kimball, Tennessee, but before closing the building, on Highland Avenue, the company donated this bench to the Historical Society. The bench commemorates the five employees who were lost in the 2019 workplace shooting. It is...
Eudoxia Smith Dunning (1803-1887) Looking back at our past exhibit, Portraits of the Past, meet Eudoxia Smith Dunning (1803-1887). Eudoxia was the wife of Josiah D. Dunning (1803-1887), a prosperous Big Rock farmer who retired to Aurora in 1856. In 1857-58, he built...
