Historic Waynesborough

Creating history, not just preserving it.

Holiday Open House and Candlelight Tours at Historic Waynesborough

Take a candlelit tour through the halls of the 18th-century mansion Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne once called home, and hear about holiday traditions of the past, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, … Continue reading

November 17, 2022 · Leave a comment

Leather Firebuckets Filled with Sand or Water

Leather firebuckets, so necessary in 17th and 18th-century America, would be filled with water or sand to quickly douse house fires. These authentic reproductions marked with Anthony Wayne and I. … Continue reading

January 7, 2016

The Wayne Parlour

This is the parlour in the 1765 section of Waynesborough as it appeared in a copy of Frank Leslie’s Boy’s & Girl’s Weekly, ca. 1880. Today many of the furnishings … Continue reading

March 26, 2012