In 2009, it was recognized by the Friends of Missouri State Archive Association as the last complete home and farmstead complex of its era.

The complex consists of 30 acres (12 ha) dominated by the log-cabin frame house and hewn log section building that was the home of brothers Wilhelm and Christian Adolf Bergt.

In the 1840s, a board and batten lean-to was built across the east side to serve as kitchen, bedroom, and porch, and was then removed in the 1920s.

After spending some time waiting for that last ship (which was lost at sea), most of the remaining 600 immigrants settled in Perry County, Missouri, and in and around St. Louis.

The property was restored and in 1964 was dedicated and opened to the public as a "walk-in History Book" of German immigrant life in America.

[2] Saxon Lutheran Memorial's annual Fall Festival is held on the second Saturday in October each year and[3] features demonstrations of activities common in the mid-1800s, such as blacksmithing, quilting, cross-cut sawing, cider-pressing, bread-baking, butchering, apple-butter-cooking, spinning, and the making of brooms, shingles, and soap.

The festival also offers horse-and-buggy rides, a silent-auction, skits, live music, food, and handmade crafts.