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Location
Parking
free parking in lot off NW Clay St
Accessibility
paved accessible trails throughout Ward-Meade Botanical Garden
About Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site and Botanical Garden
History park with 19th-century buildings. Guided tours offered in a replica 1800s town with a schoolhouse, church, general store & gardens.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Botanical Garden & Historic Site
- Highlights
- 1800s village, 2.5-acre botanical garden, schoolhouse sessions, soda fountain
- Hours
- Daily dawn to dusk; tours M-Sa 10am-4pm, Su Noon-4pm
- Parking
- Free
What visitors say
Lovely place to spend an afternoon! We went on a Sunday a couple months ago and had a fun time exploring the walking paths and the buildings that were open. (There were no tours due to the weekend, but we were able to visit the stores…
I wish we had arrived earlier in the day to spend more time here. We chose to visit on a whim during a break from long drive and it was a great place to stretch our legs. Plenty to do and see, and the General Store merchandise of old…
What a lovely little place to walk through a touch of history. Being able to get close to architecture from such a long time ago. I went during a time when they didn't have the buildings open to walk through them. And there was…
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