History to come to life at Ehrman mansion

Pine Lodge, the Ehrman family mansion at Sugar Pine Point State Park, will host Living History Day – a celebration of lakeshore life in the 1930s – on July 27 from 10am-3pm.

Living history activities will include tours, children’s activity zone, antique car show, live music, hourly raffles and a silent auction, and a wooden boats display. Refreshments will be available for purchase. All events are free, though parking is $10.

Park visitors will be treated like guests of the late Florence and Sydney Ehrman, with many activities – concerts, historical talks, movies, painting with artists-in-residence and guided tours, all of them free. Entrance to the mansion is available on a first come, first serve basis. (Tours of the mansion are usually priced at $5 for adults and $3 for juniors.)

The Ehrmans were a wealthy San Francisco family who summered at the lake for 45 years.

Bring swimwear and towels to take advantage of the estate’s beach. A bathhouse is available for changing clothes. Those who would like to picnic on the vast lawn overlooking the lake can bring their own lunch or buy hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecued chicken, ice cream bars and soft drinks on site.