Drizzly weather did not deter the attendees at the 20th Annual Harvest Festival at Bauer Park on Saturday, October 14th. Board members from the Deacon John Grave House showed up in costume to share an array of colonial games with both children and adults. Festival goers tried herding hoops, spinning […] Read more »
Grave Relatives Visit the House
Grave relative, Robin Satterfield, with husband (Jim Beckmann), arrived at the Grave House on October 8th for a pre-arranged tour of the homestead. The Friday afternoon tour was part of their extensive journey to find Robin’s ancestral roots. The shirts worn by Robin and Jim stated their mission for heading […] Read more »
On July 4th, The House Hosted One of The Deacon’s Relations!
Vicky Logee shared the information that Deacon John Graves was her 8th great grandfather. She and her husband highlighted a visit to the Deacon John Grave House, during their recent trek from their home state of Arizona. By timing the visit to Madison on July 4th, they were able to […] Read more »
Deacon John Grave House Participates Again in Connecticut Open House Day
On June 10th from 11AM to 4PM, the Grave house was open to visitors from throughout Connecticut. Some visitors came from as far as New jersey and Rhode Island. Board members in period dress offered tours of the house and grounds. The highlight was hearth cooking demonstrations, including making and […] Read more »
Join us at the Grave House for CT Open House Day
Visit the House on Saturday June 10th from 11 AM to 4 PM for tours, a hearth cooking demonstration, and a special exhibit of antique tools. Read more »
Fifth Graders Tour the House
On April 28th, in collaboration with Madison Historical Society, approximately two hundred Madison fifth graders toured the Grave House in small groups. With board members leading each group with live demonstrations, they learned about hearth cooking, old tools and their uses, what was the likely the sleeping arrangements at the […] Read more »
An Interesting Seniors Program
On April 10th a group of Madison Seniors from the Madison Senior Center, the Strong House, and the Hearth visited the Deacon John Grave house. In the main parlor they listened to a brief history of the house and the Grave family. Afterward a board member and expert on tools […] Read more »
Madison Second Grade Classes Visit the Grave House
Over 250 Madison students joined teachers and parents at the Deacon John Grave House for a special joint education program with the Madison Historical Society on April 3rd and 4th. The program consisted of four stations: an early Madison school room; Dolly Madison talking about the history of Madison; children […] Read more »
The Grove School’s Visit
Our Foundation was pleased to welcome a Grove School class and teachers to an afternoon session at the house. The Grove School is a co-educational college preparatory therapeutic boarding school located on 90 acres in Madison. The group is studying non-profit institutions. Our Foundation was used in the presentation to […] Read more »
Country Day School Annual Visit
This October a large second grade class from Madison’s Country Day School joined us for a fall visit. This was especially momentous since this education program has been continuously running at the Grave House for fifteen years. Upon arrival, the children participated in a morning program which focused on everyday life in […] Read more »