Pioneer Village has a display of homes moved from areas around Gonzales. They include an 1830's log cabin, 1840's log home, 1856 cypress sided home, 1892 two story Greek Revival house and museum, smokehouse, barn, blacksmith shop, a broom factory, and an 1870's church.
Samuel Hardin Gates built this house in 1856 on land granted to him for his help during the Runaway Scrape. He was a gunsmith, blacksmith, and carpenter and built his home to reflect his status. The house is built from whole elm and oak logs and covered with cypress siding. There are two rooms downstairs and one upstairs in which the Gates reared 8 sons and 1 daughter.
Knowles-Townsend Cabin
This squared oak log house was built in the mid 1840's in the double pen (room) central chimney style. There are very few of this style house in Texas as it was usually built in the northern colder states. The fireplace is called a saddlebag as it is a single chimney with two saddle bag-like fireplaces, one in each of the two rooms.
This Greek Revival home from Cost, was built in 1892 by William and Augusta Muenzler. It houses a small museum with display cases, the Muenzlers bedroom with authentic furnishing, and restored parlor with pump organ.
This was a special event at the Pioneer Park and about seven people were cooking a gumbo, chili, and a stew. It was quite an accomplish to sample all. Others were making rag dolls, demonstrating how to make sausage, making soap or spinning yarn. Rich and Rose were one of four groups cooking for the LSDOS, a dutch oven society.
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