SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- On December 7 and 14, from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., the Yuletide splendor of the Oliver Mansion can be enjoyed during the annual Christmas at Copshaholm.

Christmas trees can be found on all three floors while fireplace mantels and tabletops with holiday décor add to the beauty of the season.

Tours during Christmas at Copshaholm are self-guided, providing visitors the rare opportunity to walk through the 38-room mansion at their own pace, staying as long as they wish in rooms. Docents on each of the three floors are available to answer questions about the home.

During Christmas at Copshaholm, live music can be heard throughout the mansion as it is played on the home’s Steinway piano in the Music Room. Young ones can have fun playing “Elf-on-the-Copsha-Shelf, ” and in the Carriage House, which is adjacent to the mansion in The History Museum, children can decorate ornaments, write a personal letter to Santa, and more!

On New Year’s Day 1897, J.D. and Anna Oliver and their four children moved into their new home at 808 West Washington Street in downtown South Bend—Copshaholm, as they would later name it in honor of the Scottish birthplace of J.D.’s father, James.

The mansion would be home to the family for the next 75 years. The Oliver family donated the house completely intact to The History Museum in 1988. All the furnishings are original, showing the house just as it appeared when the family lived there.

Reservations for Christmas at Copshaholm are strongly recommended, and tickets can be purchased online at historymuseumSB.org for $15 for general, $10 for members, $5 for youth 6-17, and free/5 & under.

Members receive a discount. Please note that there are steps leading to the mansion and stairways inside of the house.

There will be no entrance to the house after 6:30 P.M.