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My Dad used to have on occassion Sunday Dinner at this house and played with their Grandchildren.

Pretty sure about what I am about to tell you. I come from an old Harrisburg Family. Milby Mansion was actually located on the left side of Broadway past Harris Elementary School going toward town. I can't remember whether it burned down or was just torn down many many years ago. We are talking somewhere before peace being declared WWII. The Grandparents of Charles Dow Milby lived there. Charles Dow Milby lived in a gorgeous plantation style house with servants quarters accross from my grandmothers house. My Mom tells me it was torn down after Charles Dow's parents died or something of that. My Mom is still alive and is 84 years old. She came to my Grandmothers house after peace was declared and knew the Milby's. If you are curious where this house was, I can tell you my Grandmothers address and the house I speak of was located directly accross the street from her front door. We lived there all of my life up till 3 years ago when we sold it and moved with my husband. My Grandmothers house was built in 1927. located at 7924 Channelside Houston, Texas. What is now Channelside used to be Lawndale. Lawndale was changed to Channelside during Mayor Louie Welch's Administration. Now the house that you are referring to and that most of my age group referred as "The MIlby Mansion" was in actuality "The Hammon House" owned by John Hammon. From what I understand the Hammonds and Milbys were interconnected by marriage somehow. All these last names are either interconnected by marriages from the very fargone past or by friendships; Todd, Milby, Deady, Hammon, Harris. I am thinking councilman Robb Todd is related in someway to The Harrisburg "Todd Family". By the way I think I am misspelling "hammon" My Mom says it like Hammond but if I remember correctly she told me "no, not Hammond but Hammon or Hamnon. I'll ask her tomorrow. She's went to bed now. She called and talked to Charles Dow quite sometime back. That had to be late 80's or early 90's. Most of these families have burial sites in the Glendale Cemetary down by Harris Elementary. (See Glendale Cemetary Association. I hope this helps! I wonder why you ask if we remember the "Milby Mansion"? I do and it was beautiful.