Family Field Trip - The Bown House

Bown House - Built in 1879

Last Saturday was our first Family Field Trip of 2013.  Although the girls attend public school and go on field trips from time to time I feel it is best to add to that experience as a family.  Whenever possible I attend school field trips as a chaperone.  My children love it when I get to go along.  They also really love it when we can have a similar experience in the form of a Family Field Trip.

 

Views of the parlor

...and a darling daughter.

 On the first Saturday of each month, unless it is a holiday, The Bown House is opened for guided tours from 1 to4 pm.  Junior high aged children and adults volunteer to dress up in period costume and read from a script the various highlights of this historic Boise home.

Of course I liked the kitchen best of all

Pretty china plates

Check out this sink and the pretty embroidered towels.

 

"Modern" washing machine

A small home by today’s standards this home was considered quite lavish in its day.  It housed four small bedrooms upstairs, a parlor, dining room kitchen, pantry, bathroom and another bedroom downstairs.  Beautiful, simple architecture for a standard middle class family home. 

This home was built in 1879, adjacent from the Oregon Trail, for Joseph and Temperance Bown becoming part of their 240 acre ranch.  Joseph was a rancher and Temperance a school teacher.  The Bown’s raised their seven children in this lovely sandstone home.

 

I just love the opportunity to take a step back in time and visit these lovely old homes.