Wood Old Homestead, also known as Bob Evans Farm is the farm in

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, near the city of

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, where Bob Evans and his wife Jewell lived for nearly 20 years, raising their six children. The large brick farmhouse was a stagecoach stop, an inn, and now serves as a company museum. It features exhibits about

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, the Homestead, and local history. There is a reconstruction of the original steakhouse, company television commercials, and life-size dioramas and memorabilia of the Evans family. The farm is currently owned by

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, which acquired the farm as part of its 2017 purchase of the Bob Evans Restaurant division from Bob Evans Farms, Inc.Bob Evans CEO: Farm fest still on. No restaurants closing.
/ref> The farm also features the Adamsville Village, a 19th-century log cabin village, trails, and opportunities for camping, horseback riding, canoeing and special events. The farm is still a working farm. There is an annua
Bob Evans Farm Festival
The Bob Evans Restaurant on the farm is open year-round.

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Bob Evans Farm Homestead Museum
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