Farwell Museum

Information
Farwell Museum
Meetings are the
3rd Wednesday
of Every Month at 6:30

Open Hours:
Year Around
Wednesday, Thursday Friday
12 - 4 P.M.
May thru September
Saturdays
Noon to 4 P.M.
Call for holiday hours!

Brick Sale

Member of the Michigan
Historical Society

The Ladies Library Association was organized in 1872. In 1879, the Farwell Land Company gave the Association the lot for the building which was built in 1882 by many donations of materials and labor. The Ladies Library was dedicated debt free in 1883 with a total cost of $420.39.

The Grand Army of the Republic Post #386 and their auxiliary, Women's Relief Corps, met here to keep the memory of those who fought in the Civil War alive. Methodist and Congregational churches used this building for 10-cent dinners. During WWI, the building was used by the Red Cross. Later, the Rebekah Lodge and the Farwell Women's Club met in this building.

In 1931, Surrey Township rented the building for its library. The building suffered fire damage in the 1930s and again the public responded with labor and donations. Surrey Township continued using the building until the current library building was built in 1977. At that time, the building was given to the Farwell Area Historical Museum.

Thanks to many generous donations of local time, talent and money, the new addition was added in 2001.

The Village of Farwell was named after Samuel Farwell, a canal and railway builder from Utica, New York. He built the Flint-Pere Marquette Railway through the Village in 1870.

For more information, please visit our website:

www.farwellmuseum.com