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***Upcoming
Events ***
January 22, 2010: Penderlea Homestead
Museum will hold a community meeting to discuss application
to the National Register of Historic Places.
3:30 P. M. in the Penderlea School Auditorium
Speaker: Claudia Brown, North Carolina State Historic
Preservation Office
Also commenting: Dr. William Moore, UNCW Professor of
Public History; George Edwards, Director of Historic
Wilmington Foundation; Mike Taylor, Burgaw preservationist.
***Past
Events***
Homestead
Day
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Commemorating the "Women of Penderlea"
11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
- Barbeque plates served at $5.00 each
- Homemade Ice Cream and other Dessert
- Exhibits
- Quilting o Canning o Sausage Making
- Vintage Automobiles o Firetruck
Please Come!
Enjoy old time Gospel Singing and Tour the Museum
Homestead
Day 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008 (11a to 3pm)
Our cookbook, Recipes and Remembrances,
was presented at Homestead Day 2008. Purchases may be
made by calling
Al or Carrie Owens at 910-259-7984
OR BY E-MAIL AT aowens@ec.rr.com
Old Christmas
Open House
Sunday, January 6, 2008 (2pm to 4pm)
Homestead
Day 2007
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the musuem
This year's celebration included
a special event commemorating the 70th anniversary of
Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Penderlea.
Homestead Day 2006
Date: Saturday, November
4, 2006
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
with a fish fry served at noon
Place: Penderlea Homestead Museum
Homestead Day centered on a fish fry and tours of
the museum. Some of the old timers were on hand to recount
the early days of the farm settlement. Live music
was performed and antique cars were showcased. A book
signing was held featuring Carolyn Booth Rawls with
her book, Between the Rivers and Ann Southerland
Cottle and her new release, The Roots of Penderlea.
Penderlea
Homestead Museum Dedication
Date: Saturday, March 18, 2006
Time: 11 a.m. with a pork barbecue dinner served afterwards
Place: Penderlea Homestead Museum, 284 Garden Rd.,
Willard, NC
The ceremony recognized the Murphy Family,
owners of the museum building, and honor the early
settlers who came to Penderlea. Special guests were
the daughters of Grey and Sula Murphy, Bett Murphy
Klavins and Frances Murphy Love, along with their
children and grandchildren. Elected officials will
join us as well.
Photo's from March
2006 Museum Dedication
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Al Owens, museum president, and Jimbo Robbins,
vice president, kick off the museum dedication
ceremony.
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Bessie Wells and Sarah Lefler, original settlers
of Penderlea Homestead |
Grey and Sue Murphy family and relatives |
Ann Cottle, museum chair, welcomes guests to
dedication ceremony |
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