Howell Living History Farm

Howell Living History Farm portrays family farm life in the first years of the 20th century, when crops and livestock were raised for livelihood. Its farmhouse, dating to the early 1800s, illustrates the domestic life of women during that period. While men worked in the fields, women cared for home and family, brought beauty and creativity to farm life, and carried out daily chores such as cleaning, cooking, child rearing, and assisting in the fields. They added flowers to vegetable gardens, embroidered undergarments, applied needlework to utilitarian items, and took pride in cooking and baking. Although the domestic work of farmwomen was separate from the agricultural work of men, the two spheres were interdependent, and each was necessary to complete the annual cycle of rural life. The farm also presents farming practices and farm life through educational programs, demonstrations, hands-on activities, historic buildings, and authentic farm machinery, animals, and crops from the early 20th century, and it recognizes the essential role of women in farm life, domesticity, and New Jersey history.

New Jersey · United States