Winter at the Farmhouse
This entry was posted on 1/7/2008 11:44 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Scene Setting
If you visit the farmhouse this winter, you will see a few more "scenes" have been set in our continuing effort towards interpretation. The items include both reproduction items such as a shawl in the parlor and a cloak in the winter kitchen to the return of some original collection pieces such as a tea set and porcelein decorative items. Staff was also busy creating some special items such as pea soup in the kitchen (definitely not edible) and candles for the rooms.
We continue to research to learn more about how the family would have lived in the farmhouse in the early 19th century. We discovered through newspaper accounts that the winter of 1819-1820 was a particular harsh one, with several snow storms hitting the area between Christmas and mid-January. Perhaps a bit hard to imagine in our current warm weather spell!
