Dudley Farm Historic State Park
Introduction
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Located in Newberry, Florida, the Dudley Farm Historic State Park is a 325- acre living history museum. It is named after the Dudley family, who lived and worked here for three generations beginning in the 1850s through the 1940s. It features 18 historic buildings including the family farmhouse, a kitchen outbuilding, general store, smokehouse, and a working cane syrup complex. There is also a visitor center which features changing exhibits. The farm is worked by staff and volunteers who dress up in period clothing and partake in the activities necessary to run a farm. This allows visitors to get a good understanding of what life was like for the Dudley family and other farming families during that period. The farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Images
The Visitor Center
The cane syrup building
Sources
"About the Farm." Friends of Dudley Farm. Accessed November 25, 2015. http://friendsofdudleyfarm.org/about-dudley-farm/about-the-farm.
Laurie, Murray et. al. "Dudley Farm." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/02001081.pdf.
Laurie, Murray et. al. "Dudley Farm." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/02001081.pdf.