Wilder Homestead Explained

Wilder Homestead
Location:177 Stacy Rd., Burke, New York
Coordinates:44.8681°N -74.2156°W
Built:, 1857, 1866, 1875
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:November 19, 2014
Refnum:09000720[1]

Wilder Homestead, also known as the Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder, is a historic home and farmstead in Burke[2] [3] [4] [5] in Franklin County, New York. Wilder was a farmer who married author Laura Ingalls Wilder. 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 -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.[6] [7]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-11-28. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/17/14 through 11/21/14 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Franklin County 1876 New York Historical Atlas . D. G. Beers & Co. . June 23, 2018.
  3. Web site: Schoolhouse to be dedicated at Almanzo Wilder farm . . August 16, 2013 . June 23, 2018.
  4. Web site: Christmas with Almanzo . . December 5, 2016 . June 23, 2018.
  5. Web site: "Farmer Boy" site near Malone earns Literary Landmark designation . . July 15, 2015 . June 23, 2018.
  6. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wilder Homestead. 2015-11-01 . Travis Bowman. PDF. May 2008. and Accompanying photographs
  7. http://www.almanzowilderfarm.com/ Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association