[Kylan's Blog] David Davis Mansion

Yesterday Kristen and I visited the David Davis mansion in Bloomington, Illinois. It was very interesting to learn about David Davis, a US Supreme Court Justice and a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. It was also fun to explore his home, which was built in 1872.





Since it is the holiday season, the house tour included little factoids about what Christmas was like during the Victorian time period. Apparently, it was much more like Halloween than the holiday we celebrate today. During that time, it was even believed that Santa had an evil twin brother named Krampusse, who looked and acted exactly like the devil.