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Olean Point Museum

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Explore Olean's history.
Open Wednesday & Friday -- 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Tour of Bartlett House

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Welcome to the Fannie E. Bartlett Historical House, Take a tour back in time with us as We view this grand 12 room house. 

The house was originally built in 1881 for Mr. George Foreman. Frank and Fannie Bartlett purchased it in 1891. Mr. Bartlett immediately began an extensive renovation project. He hired five or six artisans and they would eventually spend almost two years, sculpting, carving, setting marble, laying and affixing several inlaid woods to create the intricate detail work that you will see today. Frank, Fannie and their daughter Nancy lived here until his death in 1922 and Fannie's death in 1927. Nancy then gave the house and its property to the Cattaraugus County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association with the stipulation that it be used for the good of the people. The area had just endured a typhoid epidemic and the shortage of healthcare facilities was glaring. Nancy was very sensitive to this need and her only other request was that it remain the "Fannie E. Bartlett House", in honor of her mother.