{"id":65,"date":"2022-07-14T11:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:39:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Us<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ammiewilsonhouse1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>The Heritage Farmstead Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to the Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano, Texas. The Heritage Farmstead Museum (HFM) is the premiere living history site interpreting the Texas Blackland Prairie region in North Texas. An American Alliance of Museums accredited institution, the HFM strives to offer a step into the past for people of many ages, interests and backgrounds. The museum is an institution of public service and is accountable to the public through government, self and peer imposed regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Farmstead Museum&#8217;s mission is to preserve a historic Texas farmstead where people can experience and learn from our agrarian roots.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/house1976-610x435-1.png\" alt=\"Aerial photo of the Heritage Farmstead Museum in 1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/house1976-610x435-1.png 610w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/house1976-610x435-1-600x428.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>Farm Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Our History<\/h3>\n<p>Built in 1891 in a region of rich Blackland Prairie soil by Hunter Farrell for his wife Mary Alice and daughter Ammie, what is now known as the Heritage Farmstead Museum was a pretentious, yet practical, farmhouse. Its elaborate jigsaw trim was characteristic of the time; wrap-around porches and north-south orientation with opposing doorways satisfied the need for shade and cross-ventilation in a period before air conditioning. Together with three barns and several outbuildings on a 365 acre spread, this homestead was definitely a showplace.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hunter-Farrell-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter Farrell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hunter-Farrell-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hunter-Farrell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hunter-Farrell-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hunter-Farrell.jpg 1171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Farrell was a successful businessman in Collin County whose expanding business often took him away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson.jpg\" alt=\"Ammie Wilson\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Mary Alice Farrell took on full management of the sizable wheat farm operation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>After the Farrell\u2019s\u2019 divorce in 1928, Mary Alice and daughter Ammie retained ownership of the homeplace, which one or both of them ran as a farm until 1972.<\/p>\n<p>At age twenty, \u201cMiss Ammie\u201d married Dr. Woods Lynch and had a son George, her only child, before divorcing a few years later. Her subsequent marriage to Dudley Wilson lasted 53 years. Miss Ammie is best known as a champion sheep breeder. Up until her death in 1972, she consistently won prizes for her animals at major stock shows. Ammie Wilson was a successful woman in a male-dominated business \u2013 a true pioneer.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after Miss Ammie\u2019s passing, the Plano Heritage Museum was formed to preserve the home and grounds. After a seven-year, 1.2 million dollar restoration, the Heritage Farmstead Museum opened its gates to the public. The Heritage Farmstead Association works to preserve, teach, and demonstrate the past to 50,000 visitors annually.<\/p>\n<p>Transformed into a living museum of agricultural history, this 4.5 acre historic farm complex has been awarded designation by the Plano Landmark Association, a State of Texas Historical marker, and a listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Association has received accreditation from the prestigious American Association of Museums.<\/p>\n<p><!-- start Grid Gallery -->\n\t\t<link id='unitegallery-css' href='https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-elements-for-elementor-premium\/assets_libraries\/unitegallery\/css\/unite-gallery.css' type='text\/css' rel='stylesheet' >\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"001.026\"\n   src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/001.026.010-Mary-Alice-Farrell.jpg\"\n    data-image=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/001.026.010-Mary-Alice-Farrell.jpg\"\n    data-title=\"001.026\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ammie Wilson (1)\"\n   src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-1-768x1110.jpg\"\n    data-image=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-1-830x1200.jpg\"\n    data-title=\"Ammie Wilson (1)\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ammie Wilson (2)\"\n   src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-2-768x539.jpg\"\n    data-image=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-2-1200x842.jpg\"\n    data-title=\"Ammie Wilson (2)\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ammie Wilson (3)\"\n   src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-3.jpg\"\n    data-image=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammie-Wilson-3.jpg\"\n    data-title=\"Ammie Wilson (3)\"><br \/>\n<!-- end Grid Gallery -->\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>More About Us<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/join-give\/donate\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Front-Porch-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Donate<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Donate today to help preserve this historic Plano treasure!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/join-give\/donate\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonate Now<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/join-give\/membership\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SDC10875-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Collections <\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See the artifacts, and learn about our collections<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/about\/collections-exhibits\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee Collections<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/join-give\/volunteer\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/volunteer-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Volunteer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/volunteer-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.heritagefarmstead.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/volunteer-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Volunteer<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Museum relies on Volunteer support. 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