Thank you for taking time to share your visit to Woodlawn on Trip Advisor. Our museum is known locally as "The Black House" as it was the family home of John and Mary Black. The three generations of the Black family that owned the home lovingly cared for it. The last Mr. Black, Nixon as he was called by friends and family, planned for the house to be a museum and helped to stage it in the home-like setting you see today. Do come back and enjoy the public park at Woodlawn. The grounds are open daily, dawn to dusk, free of charge, year round.

Thank you for your comments. Woodlawn's historic house is open for tours Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays it is open 1 to 4 p.m. In October, the hours change to Tuesday - Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. The grounds are open as a public park (Ellsworth's largest) everyday, free of charge, dawn to dusk. With 2 miles of walking trails, a formal garden, a community garden, picnic tables and acres of open fields for kite flying and exploring, it is an ideal place to recreate, relax and reflect. Dogs are welcome on leash.