Just as the hearth was the center of the colonial home, the hearth of the Frazee Building is central to the story the museum has to tell about America's past. The hearthside in the colonial period was one of the busiest places on a farm and was in use about 15 hours a day for preparing, preserving and cooking foods. The Frazee Building is not original to the Miller-Cory property. It is an 18th century building which was moved to the museum site and adapted to provide a demonstration area where visitors can see hearthside activities that would have taken place in the main room of the farmhouse.

The woodshed is attached to the building and located conveniently near the cooking fireplace, for access to a wood supply meant life or death during the colonial period. The woodshed provided dry wood for cooking, baking or heating. In the 18th century, it took 20 cords of wood (enough to fill 20 pickup trucks to overflowing) to last through the winter.

More about the Frazee Building HERE!