Built by Oregon politician Robert Newell in 1852, the house was acquired in 1952 by the Oregon State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
[1] The museum includes 19th century furnishings and decorations, including quilts, textiles, and handcrafts, antique firearms, gowns worn by the wives of Oregon's Governors at their inaugural balls, West Coast Native American blankets, Robert Newell's Masonic paraphernalia, and spinning equipment and looms.
The schoolhouse includes the teacher's living quarters and the schoolroom.
Between 2013 and 2015 the Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum was also moved to the property The complex includes a garden and is part of the Champoeg State Heritage Area, and is still run the Oregon State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
The complex, known as the Newell Pioneer Village, is open from March to October.