Lois and Lavadna were so happy to meet with the Summerfords, members of the Tuthill family. We are excited to share these photos with you. They are now a part of the history that continues to be created about the Collins House and it’s furnishings. Click the image for the rest of the story. The Summerford family, Amanda, David, Alice and Clark, cannot leave before signing the guest book. Photo courtesy of Lois Metzger. Click the image for the entire Tuthill Chair story . . .

Recently Alice Summerford visited the Collins House. When she googled Tuthill chairs the Friends of the D.D. Collins House website popped up. You may be wondering what is so special about that. Well… Alice is the great, great, great granddaughter of Silas Tuthill, the maker of the chairs that are in the kitchen of the D.D. Collins House. Alice currently lives in Alabama, but as circumstances would have it, she and her family were going to be in St. Louis for a graduation. She