Greene Smith’s beloved Bird House, with its rustic hemlock bark exterior and ivy spelling “Ornithon” at the doorway, contained one of the world’s greatest ornithological collections of its era. Inside were a fountain with live fish, a magnificent mahogany staircase, a second-floor atrium with a miniature duck pond on one side and a running stream for songbirds on the other, and ever-changing exhibits of live birds, thousands of stuffed birds, and big game specimens from around the world. The building also held guns, fishing tackle, taxidermy equipment, sporting implements, a kennel, a notable library, and artwork, while the basement housed Greene’s advanced taxidermy laboratory. Its rooms displayed preserved and mounted birds, rare shells, curiosities, books of sporting and natural history, engravings, trophies of the chase, horns from animals of Africa, Switzerland, and the plains, and countless bird cages and fishing rods. The Bird House also served as a gathering place for family and community parties, sportsmen’s meetings, political gatherings, and visits by famous guests, offering most visitors an experience unlike anything else they would ever see.