History of Americana Village

The Americana Village, located at the White Eagle Conference Center, where timeless charm and rustic beauty come together to create the perfect backdrop for your special event. Nestled amidst the quaint streets of our enchanting Americana village, we would welcome your event in our facilities, please reach out to discuss our facilities and packages.

Americana Village is a collection of restored and replicated buildings. Most of the buildings came from the surrounding area and were transported to their current location to collectively create a village in the 1800s. These buildings include homes, a one-room schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop, barns, a church, a general store, and a covered bridge.

Lawrence A. Appley, American management specialist and organizational theorist, is credited for the vision and creation of the Americana Village. Appley believed that early American villages were the roots of the nation's modern institutions and good management. He created Americana Village as a place to study the person in management-in the store, livery stable, blacksmith shop, hotel, sawmill, church, and home. Originally, the buildings he collected contained some 30 exhibits, with each showing some art or craft peculiar to the era from 1850 through 1914. Appley believed that “the more we come to understand those real values that make good people, the more we will understand the essentials of good management.”

For years, Americana Village was an active with tours being lead throughout the buildings. Its buildings gave visitors a unique and authentic look into what life was like in the 1800s.

Americana Village is comprised of the following buildings and structures: Gate House - Covered Bridge - Livery Stable - Loomis Gang Blacksmith Shop - Ketchum Church - Appleford Boarding House - The Black School - Sap House - Still House - Hop Kiln - Lucy’s House - Harness Shop - Cobbler’s Shop - Sawmill - Carriage House - McAllister House Gazebo Bandstand - Smoke House - General Store - Fredericks House - Town Meeting Hall - Rebeccah Cemetery.