1897 Bishop Coleman Gazebo

This historic structure was restored at the museum in 1997. It once stood at the south corner of West Loveland Avenue and Riverside Drive on the property of Dr. Nathaniel Bishop, just one block from the museum campus. Dr. Bishop was known as the "father" of West Loveland because he developed the area and subdivided it. The Gazebo was named after Jean Coleman Lisle, a descendent of the Bishop family, who was the primary benefactor of the restoration. The gazebo structure was salvaged from the Riverside property in 1965, stored by a Loveland family who planned to rebuild it but never completed the restoration. In 1996, the pieces were donated to the museum by Mrs. John Cutter; the museum raised $10,000 to have the gazebo restored and relocated. The ceiling, upper posts and about ½ of the Gingerbread trim used in the restoration are original. It has the original tin roof. Today it remains a reminder of days gone by, under a grove of linden trees. The structure is used for special outside events, such as an Ice Cream Social and wedding reenactment.