Discover Boggstown

If you’re looking for a hotel in Boggstown, start by asking which side of the town you’d like to shape your stay. The cabaret offers entertainment with shows and food, while the historic buildings bring earlier uses, architectural styles, and dates into focus. At the cabaret, the program takes center stage; the buildings, by contrast, are best understood in their historical context.

Shows and Dining at the Boggstown Cabaret

The Boggstown Cabaret opened in July 1984 and continues to offer a varied program featuring different shows and performers. Specific programs may change, so if you’d like to plan your trip around a performance, check the current schedule in advance. The Boggstown Cabaret BC Supper Club pairs original shows with good food. Here, stage entertainment and dining go hand in hand. For a specific visit, the program is the part that changes over time, while July 1984 marks the beginning of the cabaret’s history.

Buildings and Their Former Uses

Gibson's Hall is associated with Casterline A. Gibson’s grain business. The surviving two-story brick building served as a grain warehouse and office. These two functions link grain storage with commercial activity. To understand the building, its form matters, but so does its connection to the grain business.

The Dr. Stephen Strickler House is a notable, large residence in Boggstown. It is classified in the Queen Anne style and features a porte-cochère. The descriptions of Gibson's Hall and the Strickler House emphasize different aspects: Gibson's Hall is chiefly associated with its former use as a warehouse and office, while the Strickler House is defined by its residential function and architectural style. This comparison shows how differently historic buildings can be viewed according to their use.

Church and Historic Dates

The Boggstown Methodist Episcopal Church on London Road is a church in the Romanesque Revival style dating from 1900. A Seventh-day Adventist congregation was also established in Boggstown in 1887. The dates refer to different things: 1887 marks the founding of the congregation, and 1900 is the date of the church. The historical picture therefore includes both a congregation founded in the late 19th century and a church built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Agriculture, Commerce, and Railways

The Boggstown Grain Elevator on Boggstown Road is a vernacular building dating from 1916–1917 and associated with agriculture and commerce. It adds a building with an economic connection to the residences and churches. Its date also provides a point of contrast: the grain elevator is from a later period than the 1900 Methodist Episcopal Church.

Boggstown’s historical transportation story also includes the Martinsville and Cincinnati Railroad: Boggstown was located on this railway. This adds a historical transportation connection to the stories of buildings and commerce. Taken together, these topics show different sides of the town: the cabaret with its ongoing program, and buildings whose uses, architectural styles, and dates reveal different historical contexts.

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