We reserved the Hamilton Mansion for our annual extended family gathering of 15 adults and 7 children. The house was massive, and easily accommodated our large group. We were shocked at how well the rooms absorbed sound, leaving quiet places to gather even during boisterous game playing and kids being kids. It was absolutely beautiful inside and out. The history was fantastic. The bar area is a hidden speakeasy (the mansion was built during Prohibition) whose door disappears into the wall. There are so many gathering areas inside and out. The location is less than 2 miles off the last NY exit on I-90 before entering Pennsylvania. That makes it an easy drive from the Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo airports. We have already reserved it again for next year’s gathering.

This was my second year in a row staying at the Hamilton Mansion. We LOVE it. Comfortable fit our large group of 20+ adults. The kitchen is a chefs dream, so well stocked. Communication with owner is +++. We will definitely be back to this unique retreat again and again!

Overall our stay was good. The mansion was overall well kept, interesting and worth the stay. However, if you are staying in the winter, you may want to bring a space heater. The end wings on either side were very cold and no space heaters were available or provided. In addition, the gas fireplaces in the west wing were not working (the maintenance worker came out, but was unable to repair the issue, and thus the gas heat was not working essentially the entirety of our stay). Finally, be careful as they have surveillance cameras inside the house which were NOT disclosed to our group. We may have overlooked the disclosure of surveillance as part of the agreement/application. However, we had three families leave one night early because they could not tolerate the cold temperatures (rooms were most likely in the low 50s). When we approached the ownership for a 10-20% refund/consideration, no response was given. We decided NOT to follow up on this request, and thus ownership was paid the full price. No one met us at the property when we initially took possession/arrived. We were attending a wedding and did not have more people at the venue than what it holds. We did not have a New Year's party, but rather were at a wedding reception most of New Year's eve.

Our family stayed in the Hamilton Mansion for a week in July for a family reunion. The host, Lauren, and her manager, Sammie, were very responsive to all requests and questions that arose. It is a wonderful and historic property with many hidden treasures that provide hours of entertainment from discovering and enjoying them. Lauren and Sammie are both generous with their time introducing you to the property. We were at first hesitant about having children in such an historic property but Lauren was very welcoming on that issue and the kids loved all the secret and historic details. Lauren has owned the property for just a year. We stayed there in one of the rooms in June 2021 right after Lauren had acquired it in order to check it out for the Reunion in 2022. In that one year they made many upgrades. For instance, the beds are all new and very comfortable with many rooms having queens. They added the stand-alone air conditioners so all bedrooms upstairs have independent AC units. And they have redone a lot of the wiring so there are now grounded outlets. We used 8 of the 9 available rooms. We had 12 adults and 4 children staying at the Mansion with another 4 adults and 5 children visiting the premises on a daily basis but not sleeping there. We made extensive use of the entire property including the kitchen and outdoors which easily seated all 25 of us in a variety of configurations. Definitely consider hiring Lauren and her team to host a Murder in the Mansion dinner for you if you have the time and resources. We really enjoyed it. They prepare the meal and intertwine the Murder in the Mansion throughout the dinner. They hide clues throughout the mansion so it helps involve everyone in the search and in visiting many rooms in the mansion if they have not done so yet. The Wi-Fi is a nice ASUS mesh system that reaches the entire property. Spectrum internet went down one night in a severe thunderstorm and Lauren worked with us to get Spectrum on site to repair the issue. It turned out to be a literally melted incoming line. We did have some folks who were counting on internet for work. It worked for some of us, but the bandwidth of the WIFI was not sufficient for some who had stringent VPN requirements so they headed to some coffee shops in North East and Erie. One thing to think about when assigning bedrooms is the corresponding bathroom. You will want to think through which ones have bathtubs etc. if you have younger kids. There are two half baths downstairs. Upstairs there are four full bathrooms, 1 with a shower, 2 with showers and tubs, 1 with vintage shower/tub but don’t plan on being able to stop that one up for little kid baths. To sum up, we had a great family reunion, in large part due to the wonderful, historic Hamilton Mansion and its staff.

My friends and I would give this place and the hosts a ten star rating if we could. I can not begin to put into words how awesome our stay here has been. The mansion itself is incredible. Sure it is still being repaired after what must have been years of neglect but all of the character is evident. It will be fun to come back again and again to watch the progress. I adore old buildings and this one is just fantastic. So many rooms and hallways and cubby holes. The unique features too many to mention. We had a party and our guests were amazed. Mike and Jim are superb hosts and so much fun. Their love of the home and the community are contagious. This has been a magical experience.