The rest of the Wagner property, including the Wagner Store, was purchased in 1989, bringing the total acreage to 215 acres. The Winedale School, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1894 one mile from Winedale and last used as a school in 1942, was restored and moved to the center in 1992. Events hosted by the center include the Winedale Spring Festival, Weekend Farmers' Seminar, Winedale Octoberfest, Eeyore's Birthday Party, Gardeners' Seminar, Christmas Open House, and a variety of craft shows. University of Texas at Austin classes are also offered. Since 1971 the Theatre Barn has been home to Shakespeare at Winedale, a six-week performance workshop directed by James B. Ayres, professor of English literature at the university.
Students present their work free to the public at the end of the summer.
The university's school of architecture offers a course in historic structures, and there is also a seminar on historic preservation. A newsletter, the Quid Nunc , is published by the center quarterly. In the 1990s Winedale was made a division of UT's Center for American History. Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. The Handbook of Texas Online.