Atkins-Johnson
Farm and Museum
FARM AND FAMILY HISTORY
1824 - June 1, Land grant to William Allen of Howard County Missouri for 80 acres.
1831 - August 9, William & Rachel Allen sell to John Hightower 130 acres for $400.
1834 - December 19, John & Polly Hightower sell to Jonathan Q. Atkins for $620.
1853 - Jonathan Atkins constructs a substantial addition that more than doubles the size of the house.
1904 - February 13, Mary Atkins, Jonathan & Fannie Atkins and John & Estelle Stone sell to Rudolph Schroeder for $7,605.
1920 - August 24, Rudolph & Annie Schroeder sell to Mary Johnson for $21,175.
1976 - House designated a Clay County Historical Landmark.
2005 - Working with Lena Johnson, the City of Gladstone acquires the house and a portion of the property to preserve its unique history.
2007 - November 4, House listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and becomes federally protected.
2009 - June, City of Gladstone acquires the abandoned Big Shoal Cemetery through the Missouri Attorney General.
2013 - April 27, Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum opens to the public.
A cropped plat map of the area surrounding the farm in 1877 showing the plat owned by Mary S. Atkins
The undersigned would respectfully inform his old friends and the public generally that he has put his Carding Machine in full repair with new Cards and is now ready to card Wool in the best style and on the shortest notice, as he drives by steam. Terms- For white 8 cents; for mixed 10 cts. He will keep his Grist Mill in operation whenever there is grain in the mill sufficient to justify it. He also has a fine lot of Lumber on hand, and a first rate inclined Wheel for sale low for cash.
A black and white image of a man with a long beard wearing a dark jacket and vest with lighter undershirt.
A black and white photograph of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse in the 1930s or 1940s. The house is two stories with a stone fire place and there is a woman in a light dress standing in the yard.
A black and white photograph of a young woman standing in a yard wearing a light colored dress and holding a dark wide-brimmed hat. Ellen Johnson is one of the former residents of the Atkins-Johnson Home.
A black and white image of an older woman wearing a dark-colored patterned dress and a lighter-colored wide-brimmed hat. She is holding a dark handbag. She is standing in front of the porch on the East side of the Atkins-Johnson House, and is a former resident of the home.
A black and white photograph of an older man in a dark-colored suit and an older woman in a dark-colored dress and hat with a lighter-colored coat. They are standing in front of a large bush and are former residents of the Atkins-Johnson Home.
A color photograph of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse in the 1950s, when it was owned by the Johnson family. The house is a white two-story building with green shutters on the windows and stone chimneys on each side of the house.
A black and white photograph of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse in 1976.
A close-up color photograph of the front of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse taken on August 8th, 1962. The house is a white two-story building with green shutters. On the porch are two boys, one in a red shirt and jeans, and one in a white shirt and jean shorts.
A color photograph of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse taken in May 1998. The house is white and two-story with paint flaking off of the siding. There are large bushes across the front of the house and there are three towels hanging from a clothesline across the front porch and an orange children's picnic table on the porch.
A color photograph of the Atkins-Johnson Farmhouse under restoration in 2010. The siding has been removed to show the original logs of the log cabin structure.