Molly Brown House Unveils Stunning Restoration After 3 Years Of Work



Molly Brown (Margaret Tobin) was born on 18 July 1867,1 in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of John Tobin and Johanna Collins (2), both Irish immigrants. This souvenir booklet gives a brief bio of the life of that "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, as well as a respectably detailed description, including historic black & white photographs, of her classic Victorian home. Kristen Iversen says Brown did not like it. The name "Molly" was often used as an insult for an Irish girl, and nobody in her own life called her that.

The Molly Brown House Museum begins its hour-long Victorian Halloween every 15 minutes, drawing visitors back to that time. In her later years, Margaret Brown continued to travel, and escaped disaster a second time when the hotel she was staying at in Palm Beach, Florida, caught on fire.

That's no small feat for one of Denver's most iconic and heavily visited structures, which welcomes an average of 60,000 people per year and doubles as the birthplace of Historic Denver, the private, nonprofit organization that saved it from demolition nearly a half-century ago.

And, for the first time since Historic Denver bought it, visitors can see all four walls of the interior, making it feel like a whole and entirely exploration-worthy structure. The Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, Colorado is hoping to dispel the myths surrounding the real-life Margaret Brown, who is more famously know as the "unsinkable" Molly adventure Brown, a survivor of the Titanic disaster.

While her children were young, Margaret was involved in the early feminist movement in Leadville and the establishment of the Colorado Chapter of the National American Women's Suffrage Association. While living in Denver, Maggie became a socialite and philanthropist, advocating for and investing in people and causes all over the world.

The house was sold by the children after the Browns' deaths and the furnishings sold off as well at an estate sale. And, of course, visitors will hear the harrowing first-hand account of Margaret's experiences aboard Titanic and her efforts to aid the survivors both aboard the rescue ship Carpathia and throughout the remainder of her life.

While known for surviving the infamous sinking of the Titanic, Margaret "Molly" Brown was also a leader in the fight for women's suffrage. In 1970 the Brown house was also due for demolition when concerned citizens formed the Historic Denver Inc. As the home of world-renowned Titanic survivor, socialite, philanthropist, early-Denver fashion icon and women's rights activist Margaret Molly” Brown, it was shared with her husband, mining engineer J.J. Brown, and their children Helen and Larry.

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