| Maud Williamson State Recreation Site | |
|---|---|
 Oregon State Parks | |
   | |
| Type | Public, state |
| Location | Yamhill County,Oregon |
| Nearest city | McMinnville |
| Coordinates | 45°05′47″N123°04′01″W / 45.0965072°N 123.0670441°W /45.0965072; -123.0670441[1] |
| Area | 24 acres (9.7 ha) |
| Operated by | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |
Maud Williamson State Recreation Site is astate park inYamhill County, Oregon, United States, administered by theOregon Parks and Recreation Department. The park is located at the intersection ofOregon Route 221 andOregon Route 153 nearWheatland. The park entrance is across from Wheatland Road, which leads to theWheatland Ferry.[2]
The site includes of a stand of second-growthDouglas-fir and a historic farmhouse.[3] In the early springtrilliums are abundant.[3]
The 24-acre (9.7 ha) park formerly offered overnight camping, but now is day-use only.[2] Amenities include picnic tables, restrooms, a covered picnic shelter, volleyball courts andhorseshoe pits. Admission is free, but there is a fee to reserve the picnic shelter.[2][3]
Maud Williamson was a teacher at the school in Wheatland for many years.[4] In about 1930, a new Wheatland School was built across theDayton-Salem highway from the park, which then was a farm owned by Williamson.
Maud Williamson died in about 1933, and willed her timberland and house to theState of Oregon in memory of her mother, Ruby T. Williamson.[2][4] Part of the park is situated on the originalDonation Land Claim of Adam Matheny, one of the sons of Daniel Matheny, who established the ferry in Wheatland.[5]
The adjoining Charles S. Williamson House is aQueen Anne-style house built in 1890 by Maud Williamson's father, who was postmaster of Wheatland for 12 years.[6][7] Maud Williamson once lived there with her brother.[2] The house is not open to the public.
A bronze plaque commemorating the donation of the site was placed in the park in 1934.[8]
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