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Wise Homestead Museum
The Erie Historical Society's 1870 farmhouse museum on Jasper Road, one of the oldest frame houses in Boulder County; Saturdays 10–2, May to September, or by appointment.
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Oliver and Adaline Wise came from Wisconsin in 1869, patented the land in 1870 and built the Western Victorian farmhouse that the Erie Historical Society opened as a museum in 2007, one of the oldest frame houses in Boulder County. Open Saturdays 10 to 2 from May through September and by appointment the rest of the year; the Society also runs Biscuit Day in spring and A Homestead Christmas in December.
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Checked October 3, 2026 against eriehistoricalsociety.org. Hours and phone numbers change fastest, so the business’s own page is the record. Report a correction
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