Culbertson Mansion was auctioned in 1899 and sold to John McDonald, Culbertson's former business partner, for $7,100.  He and an associate, Harry Jewett, planned to turn the mansion into a hospital, but they could not raise enough money.  McDonald and his family lived in the mansion until his death in 1945.

Culbertson established a home for indigent widows, called the Widows' Home, in 1873.  The Widows' Home contained 15-16 rooms (enough space for 25-30 women) and cost about $25,000 to build, which was a lot in those days. It still stands as a private residence today.

Culbertson spent $22,000 to build the Cornelia Memorial Orphan's Home.  He named it in honor of his second wife who died of cholera in 1880.  The building was torn down in 1963.