Open daily, self-guided tours of the Wallace Farm are available any time of the day or evening. The historic site is staffed Monday-Friday from 9 am to 4 pm nearly year-round. Free will donations are accepted.
The Wallace Farm is the birthplace farm of Henry A. Wallace, born in 1888. He served the nation as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1933-1941, U.S. Vice President from 1941-1945, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1945-1946. Earlier in his career, he founded seed corn company Pioneer Hi-Bred in 1926 and was an editor at Wallaces’ Farmer magazine. In 1999, The Des Moines Register named Wallace the “Most Influential Iowan of the 20th Century.”
The birthplace farm includes:
40 acres of the original Wallace farm
Restored Farmhouse with Gift Shop
Gathering Barn
Restored Iowa Prairie and Pond
Sculpture Walking Path
Orchard and Produce Gardens
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