• Annual Seasonal Events for the Entire Family at the Heritage Farmstead
• Hands-on Learning Experiences in Regional Heritage
• Programs, Classes
• Nature Trail including a wooden boardwalk around a Natural Bog

Heritage Farmstead & Learning Center

Visitors to Heritage Farmstead events can experience life as it was lived in the early days of Iredell County. The site includes a two-story log house, one-room cabin, smoke house, corn crib, blacksmith shop, privy, hearth and kitchen garden along with an adjacent one-room schoolhouse.

The Heritage Learning Center is housed in the Old Pumphouse Station across from the Farmstead.

Nature Trail

Directly across from the Heritage Farmstead, visitors can hike the Nature Trail year round. The Nature Trail encompasses a native ridge trail, wooden boardwalk around a natural bog and what may be the last remaining wildflower site in the city. Visitors are asked to leave flowers and plants undisturbed for others to enjoy.

Adjoining the Nature Trail is access to one of the City of Statesville Greenway paths.

Click on the trail map at the right to view a larger version suitable for printing.

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Collecting, maintaining and ultimately exhibiting an outstanding permanent collection are top priorities of the museum.

A sampling from the museum's permanent collection contains artifacts such as a tablecloth used in the Chester A. Arthur White House, a seven-million-year-old petrified tree from a North Carolina virgin forest, an extensive collection of WWI and WWII military items, a pictorial collection from local photographers and regional family scrapbooks.

The museum welcomes inquiries regarding additions to the permanent collection.

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Various heritage events such as a spring planting, the Summer Sampler festival, autumn Harvest Day and Back Country Christmas feature live presentations of traditional culture. Please check the calendar section for a complete listing.

Back Country educational tours are designed to meet school curriculum goals and are centered around the seasons of the year; Spring on the Farm, Fall Harvest and Back Country Christmas.

Students discover the importance of a log structure on the farm and may participate in such hands-on activities as carding wool, sweeping, gathering firewood, churning butter, making a bed, dipping candles, washing clothes or playing games. Children attending class in the schoolhouse experience lessons in spelling, arithmetic and reading from the school master.

For more information or to schedule a tour, call (704) 873-4734.

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