Meeker Home
 
 
 

Meeker Home

 

Built for a Family - Preserved for a Community

Nathan Meeker, agricultural editor of Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, visited Colorado Territory in October 1869. He dreamed of starting a utopian community based on temperance, religion, education, agriculture, irrigation, cooperation, and family values. He penned an appealing article, “A Western Colony,” for the New York Tribune’s December 14, 1869 edition in which he encouraged literate and temperate individuals with high moral standards and money to join him in a colony venture in the Colorado Territory. This colony venture was called the 'Union Colony of Colorado.' Nathan Meeker named the town Greeley in honor of his employer and benefactor Horace Greeley. Horace Greeley only made one brief visit to his namesake city.

Meeker's graceful 1870 two-story adobe home is listed on both the National and Greeley Historic Registers. A costumed tour guide gives an overview of the early history of Greeley, as well as an intimate history of the family, including Nathan's untimely death in the white River Massacre and his family's struggle to survive without him. The home shows the comfortable lifestyle enjoyed by many colonists. The Meeker Home museum has been twice restored and is completely furnished.

Click here for the History of Nathan Meeker
Special Events
The Meeker Home Museum is the location for the following City of Greeley Museums special events:

 
Meeker Museum
1324 9th Avenue
Greeley, Colorado 80631
(970) 350-9220
Lat/Long:
40 25' 2.837"N
-104 41' 31.871"W

2008 Information
The Meeker Home will be open to walk-in visitors ONLY on the first Saturday of May, June, July, August, September and October (10 am-4 pm). However, groups of 10 or more may schedule a tour at any time by calling 350-9220.

Single Rates
Age Admission
All Ages Free admission on first Saturdays May through Sept.
* Click here for group rates and information

Admission is charged for groups of 10 or more and must be scheduled in advance.