LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum will host an open house at the historic Workman Cabin in Loudonville on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Visitors are invited to tour the cabin, try their hand at writing with a quill and ink, and learn more about life in the 1800s.
The event is an end-of-summer project for the museum’s interns: Moira Miller, Olivia Hiner, and Owen Sainiak.
Miller attends the College of Wooster as an upcoming senior where she is majoring in archaeology. Hiner is an upcoming senior studying anthropology at Kenyon College, and Sainiak is a graduate of the Miami University. The interns will provide tours, answer questions, and create a semblance of what life was like in the 1800s.
The Workman Cabin was built in 1838 by Morgan Workman.
The cabin was originally located east of Loudonville and was home to the Workman descendants for nearly 100 years, serving as a place of residence and a Dunkard church.
In 1963, the cabin was donated to the Mohican Historical Society where it was moved to Central Park to be used as the headquarters of the town’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. In recent years the cabin has been further restored to better reflect its original purpose.
This event is free and open to the public. In addition to the cabin, the museum will be open for tours and visitors may also enjoy the Loudonville Farmers Market, both open at the same time as the cabin.
The cabin and farmers market are located in Central Park, and the museum is located one block away at 203 E. Main Street in Loudonville.
For more information on the cabin or event, please visit www.crfmuseum.com.