Mission
To preserve and maintain historic McDowell House,
the attached apothecary shop and the surrounding grounds;
To seek, collect, conserve and exhibit that
material culture which belongs to the Ephraim McDowell family and
that which is appropriate to the House while the McDowells lived
there from 1802-1830 and the Shop while McDowell practiced there
from 1795-1820;
To study and interpret the life of Ephraim and
Sarah McDowell and their children while they occupied the House;
To tell of McDowell’s work and of his
contributions to modern medicine.
Revised by the Managers Committee
March 11, 1992
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