📜 Historic site and museum preserving a 19th-century self-sufficient community. 🔍 Features a three-story woolen mill with original machinery, a family home, and other utilitarian buildings, offering living history experiences. # Why Go 🕰️ Step back in time with preserved 19th-century buildings and original machinery 🚶 Explore a historic plantation, mill, and family home 🏞️ Explore a 100-acre lake for swimming, boating, and fishing 🚴 Enjoy paved bicycle paths, campgrounds, and picnic areas 🧵 Participate in living history workshops like yarn-making and blacksmithing 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Public programs and workshops keep history alive # Why Avoid 🌡️ Buildings are not heated or air-conditioned, dress accordingly 💧 Lake water quality can be an issue in drought years # Tips ⏰ Plan 2-3 hours for the full tour, including the orientation film, museum, mill, and home 📞 Reservations encouraged, especially for groups ☁️ Check Facebook for inclement weather closings 🐾 Pets allowed outdoors on a leash # Cost 💰 Adults $5, Youth (6-17) $4, Children (0-5) Free. Site grounds and visitor center free. # Hours 🕒 Daily, hours vary by season (April 15-Oct 31: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Sat, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun; Nov 1-April 14: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Sat, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sun). Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Presidents Day. # Toilets 🚻 Public restrooms available when Visitors Center is open. # Wheelchair ♿ Partially Wheelchair Accessible, ADA Fully Compliant.