Commissioner Charles Gause Chapter USD 1812 - Photos from Tour of Poplar Grove Plantation on October 7, 2023

 

The current house, a 12-room Greek Revival-style mansion, was built in the early 1850s by Joseph Mumford Foy. The Plantation is now under the care of Poplar Grove Foundation, Inc. Poplar Grove opened as a museum to the public in 1980.

This 1800s historical site offers an 1850 home, tenant house, blacksmith shop, weaving and basket studios, farm animals, exhibits, gift shop, picnic and playground area, weekly farmers market, and access to the Abbey Nature Preserve-- 67 undeveloped acres full of dog friendly high and dry trails that will take you through beautiful trees, plants, flowers and wildlife. Join them for special events like Paranormal Tours.

How old is Poplar Grove Plantation?

The community was named after an enormous poplar tree that once stood in the area; hollowed out, it supposedly served not only as a barn for livestock, but also as shelter for Confederate Soldiers traveling through the area during the American Civil War.

1812 members who attended the tour of Poplar Grove Plantation given by Pat, the tour director visible at the screen door of the building.

Row 1:Kitsy LackeyRow 2: Kathy Miller and Joan Hall Row 3:  Pat Tucker -vice-president and Phyllis Wilson, public relations chair and WAA co-ordinator Row 4: Susan De Groote, treasurer and Wreaths Across America chair and Michelle Russell, Row 5: Jacqueline LaMar, historian and newest member Caron Myers Row: Rebecca Chipman and Martha Blacher

                                                 Outside photos of Poplar Grove

                         Photo of the   basket weaver at Poplar Grove Plantation. My cousin Donna Meinert used to be the basket weaver at Poplar Grove for twenty-five years. 

This is a portrait over a fireplace at Poplar Grove Plantation of Henry Simmons Foy and his first wife Mary Frances.

This is a birth announcement for Henrietta Foy born March 3, 1844.

Photo of Kathy Miller and Joan Hall browsing in the gift shop at Poplar Grove Plantation. Photo below is of their gift shop.

Pat our tour guide explaining each parlor and its significance.

This was the engagement chair. The young lady would sit on the chair and her young gentleman would kneel down and propose to her while her parents were nearby.

At Poplar Grove Plantation they had decorated all the rooms on the lower level for Halloween.

The dishes used for dining were Theodore Haviland Limoges France  patient applied for...

Michell Russell and Martha Blachers enjoying the rustic kitchen.

This is the Gout Chair, which many of the gentlemen used to get due to eating a variety of fish and drinking alcoholic beverages. They would put it in front of a chair and elevate their feet.

Women used this chair to sit on and apply their make-up before getting dressed in their lovely dresses.