The Charleston-style farm house was built in 1875, and then founded as The Museum of NC Handicrafts by Mary Cornwell in 1977. Today, the collections in the Museum and Barn consists of heritage crafts, agricultural exhibits, and items of today’s crafters and artisans. The Village of Yesteryear crafters were instrumental in providing donations of crafts for the Museum. Charles Ray donated selected items from Will and Hattie Shelton’s Southwestern Native American collection to the Museum.