| MacDonald House
Museum consists of a restored 1850's house, display
barns, a country schoolhouse, a fine collection of early 1900's
furniture and artifacts, displays of old farm machinery and
implements hand woven displays and much more. |
The house boasts an impressive,
steeply pitched roof with gingerbread trim, above the front
entrance. These features are typical of the "Gothic Revival"
style, common in Cape Breton in the mid 1800's. |
| In 1983 the Glenmore
School was moved here from its original location
at Twin Rock Valley. The school was built in 1921 by Angus MacKay
and Malcolm Archie MacMillan. Restored by the Lake Ainslie Historical
Society, it now depicts a typical, rural, one room school house.
At various times during the summer months we present reenactments
of " A Day in the Life of a One-room School". |
Our
Display Barn contains wagons, sleighs, carts
and other items used by farmers in the area. See a
thrashing machine used to prepare the grain for the farm. |
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