Old Tobacconist Inn

House pictures

Step back in time to this
1870 Victorian Inn
Located in
Historic Milan, Ohio

Once the home of Henry R. Welschon tobacco grower and
cigar maker. Henry made his fortune during a time when
87% percent of the adult male population smoked cigars,
including a local inventor named Thomas A. Edison.

Come and sit in the parlor in one of the leather chairs facing
the fireplace where Henry would spend his nights with his
dog Jasper testing one of his newly blended cigars while
sipping on a fine glass of bourbon. On bourbon and cigars,
Henry was always quoted,
“One cannot have a bride without a groom.”

Enjoy a game of billiards or perhaps a game of gin rummy
at the card table (Henry’s favorite). Or just relax at the bar
with drink and conversation in the gaming room. Sit on the
front porch and view a brilliant sunset where Henry would
sit and watch eager travelers pass by on horse and buggy.
Then take a stroll on the 4 ½ acre estate and tour one of
Henry’s cigar factories and museum!

The past is alive and well at the Tobacconist Inn. Decorated
in cigar memorabilia from the time period when the inn was
constructed and U. S. Grant was president, smoking fine
cigars and sipping on a great glass of bourbon.