Events at Chrisholm Historic Farmstead

Open House Tours - Chrisholm Farmstead

Apr through Sep, 3rd Saturday of the month, 1-3pm
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
Sat, May 16, 2026
Sat, Jun 20, 2026
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Sat, Aug 15, 2026
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 (folded in with Cellar & Barn Tour event listed below)

Make and Take Carrot Cake

Friends of Chrisholm's Carmon Hacker will demonstrate how she makes carrot cake from scratch using her family's special recipe. Following the demonstration, you will assemble the dry ingredients and take the mix home to add the rest of the ingredients and bake your own cake!

March 21, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Pre-registration required at yourmetroparks.net).

Fun on the Farm Event – MetroParks of Butler County

Butler County’s renowned farming past and present collide at Chrisholm MetroPark for Fun on the Farm! Explore the historic grounds and tour the 1800s Augspurger House with the Friends of Chrisholm. Want to get the dirt on composting and foraging? Discover the self-sufficient farm lifestyle while learning from local demonstrators. Always wanted to raise your own chickens? Meet special guest animals and MetroParks’ own farm ambassadors to get the full scoop. Wherever your wind vane turns, there’s sure to be fun for the whole family!

May 16, 12:00 – 4:00 PM, (Pre-registration not required)

109th Augspurger Reunion/Friends of Chrisholm Annual Meeting

This event is open to all Augspurger descendants, historical Butler County Amish Mennonite community descendants, members of Friends of Chrisholm, and those interested in learning more about Chrisholm Farmstead and our organization.

Friends of Chrisholm will provide an update on current activities and the overall state of the organization.

Jeff Lehman, Board President, will present a talk on Christian Iutzi, the Hessian Amish Mennonite, and their influence on the historic Amish Mennonite community of Butler County. During the presentation, Gretchen Bainum of Wallingford, Kentucky – a descendant of Christian Iutzi who was recently located by Friends of Chrisholm - will share the story of Christian Iutzi’s grandfather clock, which has remained in the family for over 250 years.

Saturday, June 27, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Details on registration will appear in the Chrisholm Times Spring 2026 Newsletter. For those interested in the program who are not on our Newsletter mailing list, please drop us an email at [email protected] requesting registration information.

Getting Crafty: Disappearing Nine Patch

The disappearing nine patch quilt block is a quick, beginner friendly quilting technique that transforms a simple 9 patch block into a complex-looking design. In our workshop, you will learn the technique and have the opportunity to create a block of your own. This event is for confident beginner sewists.

Saturday, August 8, 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Pre-registration required at yourmetroparks.net).

Cellar and Barn Tour

Come join the Friends of Chrisholm for a rare opportunity to view the cellar of Chrisholm with its vaulted ceiling sub-cellar, thought to be the only existing one of its kind in Butler County. We will highlight the project completion of the Friends of Chrisholm “Save Our Cellar” campaign announced in 2023. In addition, we will view the Pennsylvania German historic bank barn.

The event will kick off at 1pm with a short talk on the functional role of cellars on historical farmsteads and bank barns. As staggered groups visit the cellar and barn, the house will remain open as is customary for the Friends of Chrisholm’s 3rd Saturday of the month open House events.

Saturday, September 19, 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Pre-registration preferred but not mandatory at yourmetroparks.net).