Huddleston Farmhouse [IN]

Description

Owned and restored by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the 1841 Huddleston Farmhouse is open to the public as a museum where visitors learn about the daily lives of John and Susannah Huddleston and their 11 children, as well as the travelers who crowded the porches and yard and rented the farmhouse's two "travelers' kitchens" for cooking and sleeping. Travelers' diaries, archaeological digs, county records, and recollections of the Huddlestons' descendants are part of the guided tour that paints a rich picture of real lives in a young state.

The house offers exhibits, tours, and educational and recreational events.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum [ME]

Description

The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum is located within the adulthood residence of Civil War officer Joshua Chamberlain (1828-1914). Best known for his strategic command of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, Chamberlain also commanded the Union troops during the Confederate infantry's official surrender to the Union, served as President of Bowdoin College, and was elected Governor of Maine. Topics addressed include Chamberlain's family, career, and life story.

The museum offers guided tours of the museum and self-guided walking tours of Brunswick.

Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village [OH]

Description

Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village is a living history museum, which consists of several restored log cabins. Topics covered include the Civil War and pioneer life.

The museum offers educational programs. Note that the museum is closed outside of special event hours. Check the event calender for school programs. Registration is required for participation.

John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove [PA]

Description

The John James Audubon Center is the location of Audubon's first residence in the United States of America. The center is also the only residence still standing. In addition to the historic home, the center features a museum of Audubon's works, including his famous Birds of America.

The center offers guided tours, five miles of hiking trails, a museum with many of Audubon's most famous works, and special events including interpretive activities and presentations. The website offers a calendar of events, visitor information, and a brief history of the site.

Worthington Historical Society [OH]

Description

Worthington Historical Society preserves the unique and colorful history of Worthington, Ohio, which was formed by westward-bound settlers from Western Connecticut. The society maintains four separate attractions, the Orange Johnson House Museum, the Old Rectory, the Doll Museum, and a society Library.

Each of the society's properties offers guided and self-guided tours, along with exhibits and occasional special events. The website offers a history of Worthington, visitor information, and an events calendar.

Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park [NV]

Description

The Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is one of Carson Valley's first and largest ranches. The ranch was home to German immigrant Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg, who founded the site in 1857. A local businessman, rancher, and politician, Dangberg started his ranch with just a log cabin. At the time of his death in 1904, he had created a 20,000 acre ranching empire that his sons expanded to 48,000 acres. More than five acres of the ranch are now owned by Douglas County and managed by Nevada State Parks. The county and state are restoring the original buildings, including a main house, a stone cellar, a laundry building, a carriage house, a garage, and a bunkhouse. These buildings and original artifacts are on display.

The site offers tours.

San Pablo Historical Society [CA]

Description

The San Pablo Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of San Pablo, California. To this end the society operates two museums—the Alvarado Adobe, a replica of California Governor Alvarado's (in office 1836-1842) home, and the 1905 Blume House, a historic farm dwelling.

The museums offer period rooms. The website offers virtual tours.

Arlington Historical Society, Knapp History Park, and Museum [TX]

Description

The Arlington Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Arlington, TX, and its people. To this end, the society operates the Knapp Historical Park and a local history museum within the 1914 Fielder House. Exhibits include barbershop and general store settings and a reconstruction of a steam engine. The Knapp Park contains two mid-19th-century cabins and a circa 1910 one-room schoolhouse.

The society offers tours of the museum and of the Knapp Historical Park. The park welcomes school tours.

Senftenburg-Brandon House Museum [TX]

Description

This house reflects many different patterns, materials, and colors in its construction, decoration, furnishings, and apparel collection. Partially built before the Civil War in Greek Revival Style (a second story was later added), changes made in the early 1900s are best described as Stick Style with Queen Anne features. Highlights include a tub stenciled in an 1890s pattern created by Candace Wheeler, a well-known designer of fabrics and wallpaper; a basement that houses a children's toy exhibit; a bird's egg collection; Renaissance Revival, Queen Anne, and Empire style furnishings; and hand-cut English-style wallpaper.

The house offers tours.

Historical Society and Museum of Ocean Grove and Centennial Cottage

Description

The Society's Museum has a collection of approximately 15,000 artifacts and pieces relative to the history of Ocean Grove, the Holiness Movement, camp meetings, Methodism, Monmouth County, and 19th-century life. The Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of Ocean Grove, recording the history of camp meetings, and to recording aspects of the Victorian Age. The 1879 Centennial Cottage serves as the Society's living history museum. Visitors to the cottage gain an understanding of life in a 19th-century camp meeting and seaside resort community.

The society offers tours, lectures, and research library access; the museum and cottage offer exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.