Wilder Homestead

Wilder Homestead
Location 177 Stacy Rd., near Malone, New York
Coordinates 44°52′05″N 74°12′56″W / 44.86806°N 74.21556°W / 44.86806; -74.21556Coordinates: 44°52′05″N 74°12′56″W / 44.86806°N 74.21556°W / 44.86806; -74.21556
Area 84 acres (34 ha)
Built 1842 (1842), 1857, 1866, 1875
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 09000720[1]
Added to NRHP November 19, 2014

Wilder Homestead, also known as the Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder, is a historic home and farmstead located near Malone in Franklin County, New York. The farmhouse was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features a small porch supported by square columns. It has a 1 1/2-story rear block with a small colonnaded portico. The property includes eight reconstructed outbuildings including a visitor's center (1989), corn crib (1989), three barns (1995, 1997, 1999), picnic pavilion (1998), rest rooms (1999), and pump house (2002). The Wilder family occupied the property until about 1875. The property is operated by the Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association as an interactive educational center, museum and working farm as in the time of Almanzo Wilder's childhood as depicted in the Laura Ingalls Wilder book Farmer Boy.[2]:6–7[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/17/14 through 11/21/14. National Park Service. 2014-11-28.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Travis Bowman (May 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wilder Homestead" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs
  3. Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association


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