Wilder Homestead

Wilder Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wilder Homestead
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Location	177 Stacy Rd., Burke, New York
Coordinates	44°52′05″N 74°12′56″W
Area	84 acres (34 ha)
Built	1842 (1842), 1857, 1866, 1875
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	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 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 1+1⁄2-story rear block with a small colonnaded portico. The property includes eight reconstructed outbuildings including a visitor 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]: 6–7 [7]}

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

References

1. "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. "Franklin County 1876 New York Historical Atlas". D. G. Beers & Co. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
3. "Schoolhouse to be dedicated at Almanzo Wilder farm". Watertown Daily Times. August 16, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
4. "Christmas with Almanzo". The Malone Telegram. December 5, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
5. ""Farmer Boy" site near Malone earns Literary Landmark designation". North Country Public Radio. July 15, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
6. "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
7. Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association

External links

• Wilder Homestead - official site