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The McArthur Main House with its wraparound porch and white picket fence

A century of weather,
a generation of care.

We are restoring a 19th-century family farm — the houses, the outbuildings, the cemetery, and the stories that hold them together — and opening it, slowly, to the people it belonged to all along.

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More than old buildings — a place to come home to.

The McArthur Homeplace is a tangible link to the agricultural history of our region. For over a century, these grounds witnessed the changing seasons, the evolution of farming practices, and the enduring strength of family ties.

The foundation was formed to ensure this history is not lost to time. Through careful restoration, educational programming, and community engagement, we are turning the homeplace into a living museum and archival center.

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Current restoration

The buildings of the homeplace.

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The Main House
Residence
1893 core; expanded to present form by 1900

The Main House

Acquired by W.T. McArthur in approximately 1893 as a 350-square-foot four-square cottage, the Main House was expanded over the next seven years into the central-hall home that stands today — preserved largely unchanged for three-quarters of a century and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The porch is open.

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