The Moore-Youse Home Museum contains numerous artifacts
of Historic Muncie, including furnishings, paintings, documents, and
photos. The Museum is located next door to the Delaware County Society offices at 120 E. Washington Street in downtown Muncie.
When Mary (Youse) Maxon died in 1982, she left her house
and its contents to the Delaware County Historical Society, with the provision that the
organization establish and maintain a museum of Delaware County History.
The house first came into the Moore family after Samuel
Wilson purchased the house in early 1864 and later in the year passed it
on to his daughter, Clara Jane. Clara had married C. W. Moore and
they had two small children, Mary E. and Charles, when they moved into the
house in 1864.
After an extended courtship, Mary E., better known
as Mayme or Mame, married William Riley Youse in 1893. Their
daughter, Mary, did not marry until after the deaths of her parents in the
1940's. Her husband, John J. Maxon, died in 1957. Mary (Youse) Maxon
died in 1982 at the age of 86.
