Fresno Flats is a small village created by relocating historic buildings. The two houses demonstrate very different building styles used by settlers. The Laramore-Lyman House was built with vertical planks and no studs, a common practice in 17th century New England. The William Taylor House is a log dogtrot, a style from the southeast with a breezeway used for cooling. The other buildings include a blacksmiths shop, portable jail, giftshop, and a school that houses a museum.
Guided tours are conducted Tuesday through Sunday if volunteers are available. Self guided tours can be taken dawn to dusk every day. Recordings activated by push buttons are located at some of the buildings.
A paved walkway accesses the grounds. The museum and the William Taylor House have ramps; the Laramore-Lyman House and the giftshop do not. The other buildings look like they’re accessible but they were closed during our visit so I’m not sure. Some of the push buttons are too high to reach from a seated position.
Small RVs will fit in the lot. Larger RVs can be parked around the corner on Indian Springs Road.
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This was a neat one! I had to go look up plank houses...
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The last time I drove up that way I was going back to Washington, heading up I-5 mostly. It was spring and the orchards were blooming, it smelled great for miles, then I'd hit a few miles of cattle feed lots and it all of a sudden didn't smell so great :-)
Ha,ha! Yeah, we've passed feed lots but most of the orchards are done blooming so we have the bad without the good!
DeleteI was just lucky on my trip up...
DeleteFresno Flats -- interesting! If we're ever around Fresno, it's to just drive through it. One of these days ... you know!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually in Oakhurst off of Route 41. It's small so don't go out of your way but it's worth a stop if you're passing by.
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