The Barn at Sundial Farm

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—John Berry Meachum was born into slavery in Virginia in 1789 but by the age of 21 he had earned enough money doing carpentry work to purchase his own freedom and then his father’s.
Meachum was a married man, but before he could save up enough to buy his wife’s freedom she was moved to St. Louis. He followed her here and eventually managed to purchase her freedom as well.

—While he was here in St. Louis Meachum met a white Baptist minister named John Mason Peck, who asked for his help in creating a worship space for black people. Together they organized a Sunday school and religious services for slaves and free black people in the area, and in 1825, having been ordained a Baptist Minister himself, Meachum founded and became the pastor of First African Baptist Church, which still exists today albeit in a different location.

—Through the Church, Meachum and Peck also offered secular education to black St. Louisans. Up to 300 people received schooling through First African Baptist Church, which charged a monthly tuition fee of one dollar but never turned anyone away for being unable to pay.

—Unfortunately this was right around the time that St. Louis enacted an ordinance banning the education of free black people.

—Meachum was forced to disband the Candle Tallow School but later, he outfitted a steamboat with a library, desks, and chairs and opened the Floating Freedom School in the middle of the Mississippi, outside the reach of Missouri officials.

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04/03/2017

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11/13/2015

The Barn's Last Weekend! Huge end of season sale! Closing the doors. Home furnishings, antiques, lighting, housewares, decorative art, ceramics and glassware, outdoor and garden, mirrors, handbags, jewelry, linens and lace - hundreds and hundreds of fabulous items. See our website for much more: www.thebarnsale.us. The Barn at Sundial Farm, 1311 Kitchawan Road (Rt 134 just west of Taconic Parkway), Ossining, NY 10562. Come and see! And thanks for looking.

09/17/2015

We've got tables at the Barn! Featuring a wide range of tables - styles, era's, designers, uses. Rare, designer one-of-a kinds. Plus - all outdoor furniture is 1/3 off! The Barn at Sundial Farm, 1311 Kitchawan Rd (Rt 134 just west of Taconic Pkwy), Ossining 10562. Fri, Sat, Sun 10a - 5p. See our website for hundreds more items, many, many new ones, too: www.thebarnsale.us.

07/09/2015

Lot's of fabulous new items at The Barn at Sundial Farm! From fine silver, copper and brass pieces to customized furniture. From an antique Thai Budha to signed sterling Tiffany champagne glasses. And hundreds of unique housewares, lighting, glassware at al. Open all weekend, 10a-5p. 1311 Kitchawan Rd (Rt 134 just west of the Taconic), Ossining 10562. www.thebarnsale.us. 917-579-8373

06/11/2015

Big weekend! Family Festival Sunday, 10a - 3p - bring the whole family. Petting zoo, potter's wheel demonstrations, handmade rustic wood furniture, custom made knives, Japanese mulberry paper art, embroidered jewelry, quilts and watercolors - and all artisans on site! See www.sundialfarm.us. The Barn is offering many new home furnishing items, and is open Thursday - Sunday, 10a - 5p. See our website for more info: www.thebarnsale.us.

05/22/2015

We're open all weekend - through Memorial Day! Lot's of outdoor furniture, lots of new things. 1311 Kitchawan Road, Ossining, NY 1056i2 (Rt 134 just west of the Taconic Parkway). 10a - 5p.

Check out the special sale table for great bargains! See our website: www.thebarnsale.us

And be sure to see the spectacular new shipment
of roses and flowering shrubs at the Sundial Farm nursery.
www.sundialfarm.us