Ramsdell House

Daniel Landrum

What the heck is this place?

Sydney Gullage

Had a wonderful informative tour with Deb. Such a wonderful person.

John maynard

My review for the Ramsdell House is based more on the actions of those making decisions for the site and not the site itself. When I first moved to the Ceredo Kenova area in 2016, I would walk by the Ramsdell House often. When reading about the history of the house, I was very proud of the fact that it was built by abolitionists in a town that was founded by abolitionists. These people risked their lives to move to this area and stand up for what they believed in: that no man should be a slave and that the practice needed to be abolished. The house was even used as part of the underground railroad! How cool is that?! Today, while on a morning walk, I passed by the Ramsdell house and noticed something that I haven't noticed before. There is a Confederate soldier's uniform being displayed in the window of the Ramsdell House. This shocked me. Why on Earth would the decision be made to decorate THIS house, a symbol of anti-slavery, a "Beacon of Hope" as one local paper recently called it, with the symbol of all that the house's builders fought against? Why would you display the uniform that newly freed slaves fled in terror from? This house does not represent a certain time in which all ideals are represented within its walls. It represents the ideals of those that built it, and those ideals were directly opposed to that uniform that is being displayed in that window. Deborah Wolfe, Director of the Ramsdell House (you may recognize the name since she has written a Google review of her own museum), should remove this uniform at once and refrain from desecrating the house and the graves of those that are buried there with Confederate memorabilia. As Ms. Wolfe recently stated in an article on the house, "This house was built for good," so let's celebrate the good of the house and not pay homage to the people that fought directly against that good.

leslie sparks

Beautiful historical home. Once part of the underground railroad. One of the final stops for passengers before they crossed the Ohio River to freedom.