THIS IS MATILLIHA MANOR. NAMED AFTER THE MATILLIHA FLOWER. THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN 1885 BY THE KELSEY FAMILY. THE QUEEN WAS GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE IN 1997 BY MARILYN HOLDENREID. WITH LOVING CARE AND ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS. SHE DID A MARVELOUS JOB OF RESTORING THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LOCAL HISTORY. MARILYN  AND HER HUSBAND ARE THE OWNERS OF THE WILDHURST WINERY IN KELSEYVILLE.
THIS IS MY HOUSE. THE DAY I BOUGHT IT I RAN HOME AND SAID DARLING WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE HOUSE I JUST BOUGHT. THE NEXT THING I HEARD JUST AFTER SHE STOPPED CRYING WAS, " HONEY I DO LOVE YOU, AND THAT IS WHY I WILL MISS YOU!" I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER FORGET THOSE WORDS. I DID HAVE ONE PERPLEXING MOMENT, HOW DO YOU MOWE THE ROOF?	ONE LONELY MONTH LATER OUR SON DECIDED HE MUST HAVE BEEN KIDNAPED BY A CRAZED BAND OF GYPSIES. IT TOOK A LOT OF CONVINCING AND A PAY RAISE TO GET HIM TO STAY ON THE JOB, AND FORGET ABOUT THE DNA TEST.
60 LONELY DAYS LATER THIS IS WHEN I WAS FINALY ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE FOOT OF THE BED. WHEN SHE SAW HOW THE SAME HOUSE LOOKED AFTER 2 MONTHS OF DISGUSTING RESTORATION.  I NEVER LOST SIGHT OF THE VISION IN MY MIND OF HOW THIS  1890 KELSEY HOUSE SHOULD LOOK. I AM GLAD I HID THE GAS CAN FROM HER.	THIS KELSEY HOME HAS BEEN REDONE WITH THE LOVING HANDS DEBBIE AND ERIC STONE.
THIS KELSEY HOME IS THE SAME AS IT WAS SINCE 1865 IT HAS SINCE HAD ELECTRICITY INSTALLED, BUT OTHER THAN THAT NOT MUCH ELSE HAS BEEN DONE. IT IS STILL OWNED BY THE DECENDANTS OF THE KELSEY FAMILY.	THIS KELSEY HOME IS STILL AWAITING IT'S TRANSFORMATION                 THE GENTLEMAN THAT STILL LIVES HERE IS IN HIS LATE 80'S    OR SO, AND HAS DECIDED TO DONATE THE HOUSE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BARNS IN TOWN. ONE OF THE ONLY BARNS IN TOWN. IT SITS BEHIND JACKS HOUSE.	THE KELSEYVILLE COURT HOUSE                        IS STILL IN USE TODAY.
THE FAMOUS OF ALL HOUSES IS OF COURSE THE XBAR HOTEL. MANY LOCAL CELEBRITIES HAVE STAYED AT THIS QUAINT B&B.

                                                                                                                                                                        

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