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14945 Hallauer Rd. Oberlin, OH 44074

Historical 1830 Hallauer House Tour

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THE COMMON AREAS OF HALLAUER HOUSE

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Many amenities will be found in the common, shared areas of Hallauer House Bed & Breakfast in Oberlin, Ohio. The indoor common areas are located on the first floor of the house. They consist of the Music Room, the Formal Dining Room, the Great Room, the Asian Spa, the Informal Dining Room, and the combination Rec Room and Fitness Center.

The Music Room – Amenities

Step into the Music Room. Sit in one of the 1870 antique wing back chairs or recline onto the 1875 antique Empire Revival sofa and begin to feel history. Look out the windows and imagine the carriages flying down the dirt road. Could John Price be in one of them? Could others trying to escape to freedom be hiding in the cellar?

In this room you will feel the past but enjoy the present. If you desire a more upbeat and lively time, sit down at the ‘modern’ digital piano or pick up a guitar and play songs from many different eras. Tap your toe to the tunes of the antique player organ as it pumps out marches, spirituals, or ragtime. Challenge your partner in a game of chess, cribbage, Chinese checkers, backgammon, or cards. Try your hand at Castle Risk, Scrabble, or win the battle of Gettysburg.

But if the past is still haunting you, pick up a book and read about history from the Civil War to the present in books that are new, old, and ancient!


The Dining Room – Amenities

Crossing through the hallway from the Music Room brings you into the dining room where you can only guess as to the type of meal served in 1860.

Sit down, relax, and enjoy a complimentary four course breakfast each morning. Dine in formal elegance with fine china, sterling silver, and candlelight while you enjoy the informal atmosphere and the lively conversation between guests and hosts! Sometimes these conversations are so interesting that many guests forget the time and talk for hours!

When the sun shines and warms up the air, this formal elegance is transported out to the pool deck and breakfast can be enjoyed alongside the mini beach and warm inviting swimming pool.


The Asian Spa – Amenities

When you walk through the Asian tatami doors you will enter a room of luxurious beauty. In this room at the Inn you can relax and enjoy the hot dry air of the far-infrared sauna and then step into the warm whirling water of the Jacuzzi tub. Bring your wine, sake, hot Asian  herb tea, or plain healthy water. Sip, relax, and contemplate life in the soft gentle glow of the flickering light put off by the candles and the gel fireplace. Listen to the music of nature on the Bose stereo. Can life get much better than this?

The Asian Spa is only available for use by booking the Asian Spa Serenity Package


The Great Room with Private Dining Room – Amenities

In the center of the house is the more modern Great Room. Relax and converse on the sofas in front of the wood burning fireplace or enjoy TV on the larger screen in the sunken well.  Here to, you will find history, antiques, old books, and lots of modern magazines. Check out the dinky toy collection, the leather bound Presidential book of Presidents up to President McKinley, the complete  leather bound collection of Shakespeare’s plays,  magazines from Civil War “North and South,” ” Hemmings,” ” National Geographic,” and many food and gardening magazines.

The small more private dining room will seat 4 on a custom made cherry table with turning lazy Susan center. This dining room is used when we have over 8 guests or when someone requests a more intimate setting.


Fitness Center and Recreation Room – Amenities

Workout or play surrounded by history! The exercise room/rec is an extension of the Civil War theme and located just down the stairs from the small private dining area. The room is painted in half blue and half gray and even the wallpaper border highlights General Grant and General Lee!

But you don’t have to chop wood or ride a horse when you want to exercise! You can choose to work out on an elliptical, a treadmill, a stationary bike, or a Bow Flex. The Sole brand equipment is new and has various programs that you can use, depending on your fitness level. The Bow Flex is the Sport model.

For recreation you can choose to toss a game of Corn Hole, play a variety of board games or WII games, shoot a game of pool, challenge someone in ping pong, or throw some darts. Watch satellite TV or listen to music while you play or workout and have a great time!


Our In-Ground Heated Swimming Pool and Hot Tub

When you stay with us you will have access to our outdoor heated swimming pool in the warmer months and the separate Hot Tub all year round.  The pool has a mini beach, perfect for lounging outside and relaxing. No crowds! And many times guests can have it all to themselves! Enjoy breakfast on the pool deck, take a dip in the pool, swim for awhile, sip a cocktail on the mini beach, and then swim some more. And another great way to relax is in our newly opened 6 person hot tub with therapeutic massage jets at 6 locations. There is nothing like a hot tub soak after traveling or a long day of sightseeing, and especially while the snow is falling! 

GARDENS

During the era of the Civil War, Hallauer House boasted over 100 acres of clear cut farm land up to the main road connecting Oberlin and Wellington. That advantage would have allowed the house to witness history and the the Oberlin-Wellington rescue. Today, the house sits on a mere 2 1/2 acres but it is no longer a clear cut area of farmland but instead, a magical place unto itself. Where once there was a field, there are now trees. Where there was once  weeds and poison ivy there is now shrubs, perennials, and gravel paths.

After your journey through the house interior go outside and venture down the pathways and through the garden rooms. Look for the statues of Ceres and David, the garden doors, the musical instruments, the bridge over streaming water, the prism chandeliers. Look for the drive-in letters, the prickly pear cactus, and the ‘Brain Drain!’

Go slow! Enjoy the journey down every road. Search for all of the garden antiques! And be sure to visit after dark when the lights light up the night and the peepers come out to sing!

Take time to stop and smell the roses!


AMENITIES IN COMMON AREAS

  • FREE WI-FI Wireless Internet
  • Complimentary 4 course breakfast by candlelight
  • Unlimited use of all common areas
  • Private outside keyless entry
  • Cell phone tower 1/2 mile away
  • Land-line phone in upstairs hall
  • Beach towels to use at pool
  • Umbrellas for rainy days
  • Board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, Gettysburg,
  • Chess
  • Playing cards
  • Emergency lighting in rooms
  • Wood burning stove in music room
  • Wood burning fireplace
  • HD Satellite TV
  • Antiques as well as antique books
  • Digital Piano
  • 1890 Player Pump Organ
  • Guitars
  • FREE off street parking
  • Variety of magazines, fictional novels, historical books