Pioneer Farms Structures

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Structures will be assigned based on impression. Exclusive use of a structure cannot be guaranteed; some structures will have to be shared. The registration form allows participants to prioritize the structures they would like to occupy for the weekend. All efforts will be made to place participants in their choice of structure.

Site Plan
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Orsay House

Circa 1870. Built by military man Henry Orsay who came to Austin with Gen. George C. Custer after the Civil War. It is currently undergoing restoration and the inside is not available. However, the porch may be used for interpretation. 

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Scarborough Barn

Built by hand in 1852. 

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Fredric Kruger Farm

The one-room Kruger cabin was built about 1867 by German immigrants who settled near the intersection of Dessau Road and Yager Lane, about a mile away. 

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Aynseworth House

Constructed in 1853 by a homesick Tennessean who replicated his former home. TThe structure has no cooking facilities; however, a fire pit may be used behind the house.

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James Bell House

Circa 1858. Moved from Williamson County and repainted in a color scheme from the 1880. Includes a separate kitchen and weaving room. All the fireplaces work in this building.

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Frederick Jourdan Farm

Original to the museum property, features the Jourdan cabin of the middle-class farming family that homesteaded Pioneer Farms in the 1850s. The cabin was built as a corn crib about 1836, and was later converted into a dogtrot-style house. Two additions were added in later years.

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