About The New Indian Ridge Museum & Historic Shupe Homestead
Mission
Education & Outreach
Homestead
The Museum maintains three main goals that guide preservation objectives. These goals include:
I. Educate interested individuals on and preserve the history of Amherst, focusing on the founding, the early years, and founding father, Jacob Shupe and his family.
II. Preserve the history of Col. Raymond C. and Mrs. Ruth Vietzen and their Indi
The Museum maintains three main goals that guide preservation objectives. These goals include:
I. Educate interested individuals on and preserve the history of Amherst, focusing on the founding, the early years, and founding father, Jacob Shupe and his family.
II. Preserve the history of Col. Raymond C. and Mrs. Ruth Vietzen and their Indian Ridge Museum. The intent of this goal is to reassemble as many artifacts as possible from the original Indian Ridge Museum and Vietzen collection, into the New Indian Ridge Museum, especially those artifacts that have local provenance.
III. Preserve, protect, document, and report on important prehistoric and historic artifacts, sites, and other pieces of history that aid in the further edification of individuals on the broad patterns of this region’s unique prehistory and history.
Homestead
Education & Outreach
Homestead
The New Indian Ridge Museum is a private endeavor, founded in 2000 by Col. Matthew W. Nahorn, at the Shupe Homestead and is not open to the public.
The Shupe Homestead was settled in 1811 in what would become Amherst, Ohio. The original house, an early post-and-beam structure, built c.1812, still stands today as a private residence. Th
The New Indian Ridge Museum is a private endeavor, founded in 2000 by Col. Matthew W. Nahorn, at the Shupe Homestead and is not open to the public.
The Shupe Homestead was settled in 1811 in what would become Amherst, Ohio. The original house, an early post-and-beam structure, built c.1812, still stands today as a private residence. The property on which the historic house is situated (the original 20 acres nucleus of the original several hundred purchased by Jacob Shupe) is protected through a land conservation easement held by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, in cooperation with the Nahorn Family. This historically and ecologically significant Homestead, encompassing Beaver Creek, has been recognized as an historic landmark by the Amherst Historical Society and the Lorain County Historical Society, in conjunction with the Lorain County Preservation Network. The property is also listed on the Ohio Historic Inventory of Historic Properties.
Matt wishes to impress upon all that he and his family have been incredibly blessed to be able to conserve and maintain the beauty and history of Amherst’s Historic Shupe Homestead, as its current caretakers.
For over 200 years, the Homestead’s primary use has remained a private residence.
Education & Outreach
Education & Outreach
Education & Outreach
Col. Matt Nahorn, local historian with a degree in environmental studies from Oberlin College, provides several free educational programs and talks for the local community. He would be glad to speak to your organization.
Contact Matt below to see what programs are offered and to schedule a talk.
Matt’s unique experiences in the fields of l
Col. Matt Nahorn, local historian with a degree in environmental studies from Oberlin College, provides several free educational programs and talks for the local community. He would be glad to speak to your organization.
Contact Matt below to see what programs are offered and to schedule a talk.
Matt’s unique experiences in the fields of local history and environmental awareness, especially having grown up at the Shupe Homestead, have shaped his interests and knowledge that he enjoys sharing with our community.