Moser Farm, also known as The Mennonite Heritage Farm or Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm, is a historic

farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

complex located near Kirschnerville in

Lewis County, New York Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,582, making it the fourth-least populous county in New York. Its county seat is Lowville. The county is named after Morgan Lewis, ...

. The complex consists of Moser family dwelling and a compact grouping of a

granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animal ...

and two

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s. The frame dwelling was built in 1845 and consists of a 2-story, three-bay block and four-bay, -story ell. It was used for

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radic ...

worship services in the 19th century. The granary dates to the mid- to late 19th century, and the barns date to 1874. The property was purchased in the 1980s as a living history museum. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 2010.

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Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1845 Historic house museums in New York (state) Museums in Lewis County, New York Religious museums in New York (state) Mennonitism in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, New York {{NewYork-museum-stub