Motherwell Homestead

{{Short description|National historic site in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

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| location = Abernethy No. 186, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| built = 1882

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| architecture = Field Stone – Italianate

| governing_body = Private Residence

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| designation1 = National Historic Site of Canada

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| designation1_date = May 25, 1966

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The Motherwell Homestead is a National Historic Site of Canada located just south of the community of Abernethy, Saskatchewan.{{CRHP|1209|Motherwell Homestead|August 19, 2012}}{{cite web |url =http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/abernethy.html |title =Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - ABERNETHY |publisher =University of Regina |access-date=August 13, 2011}} The site commemorates the life and achievements of William Richard Motherwell, Saskatchewan's first minister of agriculture and federal minister of agriculture for the Mackenzie King government.

The homestead's fieldstone house, called Lanark Place after Motherwell's previous Ontario home, is modelled after similar farmsteads built in Ontario.{{cite web

|url =http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/motherwell_homestead.html

|title =Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - Motherwell Homestead

|publisher =University of Regina

|accessdate =August 13, 2011}} The homestead is surrounded by a shelter belt.

The {{convert|3.59|ha|adj=on}} farmstead, in addition to the main house, includes fields defined by fences and shelter belt shrub and tree lines, and agricultural buildings.{{cite web

|url = http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1209&pid=0

|title =Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada

|publisher =Canada's Historic Places; a Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration

|accessdate =August 13, 2011}}

File:Barn at Abernathy.jpg

Visitors to the park are immersed in 1907 agriculture. The Motherwell house, barn and outbuildings have been restored to their 1907 appearance. Employees at the park dress in period clothing. During operational months (May 21 to September 1), livestock, including hogs, cows, and chickens, are on site.

The Friends of the Motherwell Homestead operate a restaurant and gift shop on site.