Spencer’s Visitor & Education Center and Pop’s Chicken House Stage
What was Pop’s Chicken House?
In the late 1930s, Anne Spencer’s husband, Edward Spencer, began an organically fed chicken business by converting and constructing a two-story wooden clapboard-sided chicken house in the backyard of their 1313 home. The office and phone were located downstairs alongside a second room to dress the fowl. Upstairs, the chicken’s nest and lay eggs. Close friends and family knew Edward Spencer as “Ed” or “Pop” and he was a well-respected parcel postman. He drove all around town to deliver packages and chicken roasters garnished with parsley wrapped in greengrocery paper.
What Will the New Spencer ‘s Visitor & Education and Pop’s Chicken House Stage Be?
With your help, Pop’s Chicken House lot will be restored and reconstructed into a multi-use space for the Museum to have bathroom facilities, a gallery space for exhibits, indoor/outdoor gathering places, and educational and community-based programs.
Donate to “Pop’s Chicken House”, a backyard chicken project preserving and contributing to a rich history in honor of Edward Spencer. Your tax-deductible donation supports the basic needs of visitors, volunteers, and staff. The project will help provide handicap accessible and adequate facilities visitors need while on tour or self-guided tours in the public garden and historic neighborhood.
We appreciate all donations to Pop’s Chicken House and to the Pierce Street Community preservation.
