Force Homestead Museum Open to Visitors on Saturday, May 19

The Force Homestead Museum will be open on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 2 pm to 4 pm, instead of the customary second Sunday of the month, to coincide with Family Fun Day at the Oval.

The Museum, located at 366 South Livingston Ave., includes the Force Home and the Cook House/Former Slave Cabin. It was restored and is maintained by the Livingston Historical Society.

The Thomas Force House is a wood frame building, consisting of three basic sections: a 1-½ story center portion built around 1745; a large, early 19th-century, 2-½ story gambrel roofed unit; and a 1-½ story 1927 garage addition on the west, which also extended the width of the original 18th-century section and raised its eastern roof plane. The Condit Family Cook House, a small 19th-century 1-½ story wood frame building with two small rooms, was moved onto the northwest corner of the property in 1964 from the current site of the Livingston Mall.

The mission of the Livingston Historical Society is to foster a wide appreciation of the development of our community from its earliest days. The Society strives to discover, collect, preserve, publish and exhibit materials illustrating the history of the area.

Monthly Historical Society meetings frequently include addresses by specialists on topics of local interest and are open to the enjoyment of members and their guests. Meetings are held at the Livingston Senior/Community Center (204 Hillside Avenue) at 7:30 pm on the fourth Monday of the month, September through March.