First Floor
Main Hall
Upon arrival to the home, 19th century visitors would arrive at the front gate, walk up a board walk, ring the doorbell, and give their calling card to the maid. Although entering the home is a different experience today, the home looks much the same. Read more...
The Parlor
American parlors were decorative, rarely used, and were usually off limits to children. The space was generally used for entertaining guests, family weddings, and funerals. Read more...
Sitting Room/Isaac's Office
This more formal downstairs sitting room was used for keeping household accounts, letter writing, and orderly family gatherings. Whereas the parlor was only used for visitors and special occasions. All the books in the room belong to the Cappon family and most date to 1900 or before. Read more...
Dining Room and China Closet
Little of the original dining room furniture remains in the house because of the daily use it saw and because of redecorating over the years. Most of the furnishings seen were purchased for or donated to the museum and represent typical Western Michigan manufactured products of the 1870s and 1880s. Read more...
Master Bedroom
Most of the furnishings in this first floor master bedroom belonged to the family. The bed and dresser are labeled Berkey & Gay pieces and are black walnut with painted burl panels. A candlewick bedspread covers the bed and illustrates Victorian handwork of the 1880s. Read more...
Kitchen
A fire in 1924 destroyed all but the shell of the original kitchen which was rebuilt as a garage for the family vehicles. The current kitchen was reconstructed during the renovations of the home and is based on original floor plans. Read more...
The Bathroom
When the house was constructed, the kitchen area included this small room called a “bathroom,” literally, a room for taking a bath. On the original house plans, a bathtub and corner washstand are indicated. Read more...
The Pantry
This pantry contained the tools and some of the foodstuffs used in the ongoing work of the kitchen. The cabinet on the left and the rolling two compartment flour bin on the right were taken from the original kitchen. Read more...
Washroom
When the house was built, this was the only room connected to the water supply. The pump brought in hard water from the ground. Read more...https://hollandmuseum.org/tours/virtual-tours/cappon-house-virtual-tour/first-floor/the-washroom/
Kitchen Closet and Back Stairway
This closet was used to store coats and cleaning supplies. It was the location of the house’s telephone, installed in the 1880s. The housekeeper and the Cappon children used this stairway. Read more...
