Ivyhurst - Bedroom of Ella Jean "Jennie" (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey
Name/Title
Ivyhurst - Bedroom of Ella Jean "Jennie" (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey
Entry/Object ID
2011.2.197
Description
Bedroom of Ella Jean "Jennie" (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey at "Ivyhurst."
Ivyhurst was the home of Robinson Franklin Downey (1849-1923) and his wife, Ella Jean "Jennie" (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey (1860-1934), prominent citizens with influential political ties. Ivyhurst played host to such celebrities as President William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson's Vice President Thomas Marshall, newspaper tycoon William Jennings Bryan, and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. After the death of Mrs. Downey, Ivyhurst passed into the ownership of Waynesburg College, which used it to house the Music Department until 1967, when Ivyhurst was sold and destroyed to make room for a gas station. The home was located on the corner of Greene and Washington streets in Waynesburg, today the location of Community Bank.
Original, no photographer listed.
Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014.
Source Citation: Bedroom of Ella Jean "Jennie" (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey at "Ivyhurst", item no. GCHS-AN027-0001-0159, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
