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Gallant Farm

2150 Buttermilk Hill Road, Delaware, OH 43015

Amenities

Park Size

19 Acres

Hours of Operation

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Gallant Farm in Troy Township is a representation of a Depression-era farm, and includes a farmhouse with period furnishings, a barn with historic 1890s timbers, a granary, machine shed and barnyard, demonstration crop fields, vegetable garden, orchard, and pond. Visitors encounter costumed interpreters completing their daily chores — plowing the fields, tending the garden, or cooking on a wood-burning stove. There is no charge to visit Gallant Farm, and no reservation is necessary (except for large groups and field trips); occasionally, programs will carry a small fee.

While pets are not allowed at Gallant Farm, service animals ARE allowed. The farmhouse is handicapped accessible.  

Gallant Farm was purchased in 2003, with funds obtained through a grant from the CleanOhio Fund. 

Programs at the farm are designed to transport visitors to an earlier era. Visitors learn how to preserve produce from the garden, make sausage, prepare the garden for planting, or use the wood stove to make soups and pies — among many other activities.

Special events take place annually, including Maple Syrup Time, an Antique Tractor Show, Music under the Paper Moon, and Winter Evening on the Farm. Tours are self-guided, with staff and volunteers on hand to provide information about the era. 

School and community groups should contact education staff to schedule programs and field trips. Call 740-362-0274 or email: outreachprograms@preservationparks.com
 
Volunteers are needed every day, to assist with programs, talk with visitors, and help with the daily work around the farm. For more information, visit the Volunteer page (under Get Involved), or email: volunteer@preservationparks.com 

(pets are not allowed at Gallant Farm)

Trail Information

Farm Path

The farm path circles the pond, and gets visitors close to the demonstration crop fields in the northern third of the farm. Here, depending on the season, the farm manager might be plowing, planting corn or beans, or completing the harvest. The meadow area includes purple martin gourds to house a colony of these large swallows. Closer to the farmhouse, visitors can watch the house garden evolve through the seasons. In the 1930s and 1940s, produce from this garden would have been grown, harvested and preserved to feed the family all year. The house itself is filled with period furnishings, donated by members of the community. Visitors may wander through the rooms, sit on the furniture, and enjoy the aroma, and maybe a taste, of whatever is baking in the wood stove. The barn was constructed on site, using timbers from an historic 1890’s Delaware County barn. It houses our family of Tunis sheep and features a hayloft where feed hay is stored. The machine shed holds all the tools and implements a 1930s-1940s farm would have required. Other buildings to explore are the garden shed and the granary, which includes a classroom, office space and restrooms.

Park Location

Gallant Farm Gallery

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