Boldman House Museum

05/29/2026

Thanks for the piano, girls!

Hear it live at the Boldman House.

05/23/2026

Thanks, everyone, for a beautiful day in the gardens!

05/22/2026

Don’t forget to drop in at the Boldman House this Saturday, the 23rd, during Dayton Days, 11:00-2:00 pm, for good old-fashioned sweet cream butter churning (with fresh homemade bread to eat it with!), rope-making, wheat and corn and coffee-grinding (hand-crank!), 19th-century games, down-home laundry on the wash board, and antique tool demos! Free for everyone (donations accepted!). Enjoy the vintage gardens in bloom and have a fun old time! See you after the parade!

05/14/2026

A big thank you to Boldman House volunteer, Van Whysong, for producing four new finials for our garden fence, which is being repaired and painted by local contractor, Arthur LaBerge.

05/09/2026

From the Boldman archives: on the left, a 1930 copper Lincoln wheat penny. On the right, a 1945 copper Lincoln wheat penny. In the middle of World War II, not enough copper was available for minting. So in 1943 - and that year only - the penny was made from zinc-coated steel. Not only were they a bit lighter than copper pennies, they were also magnetic.

05/01/2026

We used to have three drug stores in Dayton, including our own Elk Drug, which has endured the ages. Come by and see this Boldman drug display, and all the time-traveling artifacts from the life of this one (very interesting) pioneer farm family.

We move to Summer Hours next week: Thursday-Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cheers!

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

A big thank you to Karen Heinzman of Signs DeSigns in Walla Walla for a beautiful refurbish of our front yard sign. Take a close look at the sign in front of the house, and you can see in the sign’s display frame a repeat of the 2nd floor balcony scroll design framework.

04/16/2026

Here's a taste of the kinds of fun, family, hands-on activities you can experience at Boldman House Saturday, May 23, 11:00-2:00 p.m. on Dayton Days weekend. Make a note!