Tour Historic Honesdale   16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |                                                  © 2003 John Van Horn 20. SAMUEL DIMMICK MANSION The Samuel Dimmick Mansion was completed in 1859 at a cost of $40,000. It had twenty-two rooms, rare chestnut woodwork, and ten feet high front doors. Samuel Dimmick was a lawyer, active in Republican politics, and was Attorney General of Pennsylvania when he died at age 52. In 1883 Samuel's son, J.Benjamin Dimmick, sold the house to Elias Stanton, and his heirs in 1908 sold the property to Attorney John Kuhback, chair of the Democratic County Committee and a State Senator. In 1919 it was sold to The Wayne County Memorial Hospital Association and after renovations was opened in 1920 as the first hospital in Wayne County. When a new hospital was built on Park Street the building was acquired by the Honesdale Gospel Tabernacle and was a church for the next forty years. In 1992 the County of Wayne purchased the property for much needed office space. The beautifully restored exterior is a tribute to the talented builders and craftsmen of both the 1850's and the 1990's. The Samuel Dimmick House is a glowing examble of historic preservation metting modern needs.
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