From the WGHF Archives 11.27.14

Happy Thanksgiving from the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation!

Many people remember the Avalon Turkey Farm, once encompassing 100 acres (and 9,000 turkeys) along Avalon Road, south of Winter Garden. 

This rustic building stood on the property.

 John and Marjorie Myers owned the farm, purchased in 1930 from Arthur E. Davenport.

In the 1960s, a tornado ripped through the area, destroying the turkey houses. Although the shed holding the eggs and incubators lost its roof, not a single egg was cracked in the melee. The farm closed in the 1970s. 

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, which seeks to preserve our heritage and architecture while creating new cultural experiences, is celebrating its third decade with the debut of its new History Research and Education Center.