Adams Farm (Harrisville, New Hampshire)

Adams Farm
Location Off MacVeagh Rd. near Fasnacloich, Harrisville, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°55′41″N 72°7′24″W / 42.92806°N 72.12333°W / 42.92806; -72.12333Coordinates: 42°55′41″N 72°7′24″W / 42.92806°N 72.12333°W / 42.92806; -72.12333
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1780 (1780)
MPS Harrisville MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003246[1]
Added to NRHP January 14, 1988

The Adams Farm is a historic farmhouse on MacVeagh Road in Harrisville, New Hampshire. The farmhouse sits on an extensive farmstead in southern Harrisville with commanding views of Mount Monadnock. The oldest portion of the house, a 1.5 story wood frame structure, dates to c. 1780 and was built by Moses Adams, Jr. This structure was attached to a much larger, three story, wood frame house built in 1862. This house is basically Greek Revival in appearance, although its front door treatment appears to date from later in the 19th century, and its shutters have 20th century Colonial Revival design. The house remained in the hands of Adams descendants until the 1920s, when the property was purchased by Charles MacVeagh, who owned the nearby Fasnacloich estate. MacVeagh used the Adams Farm as an extension of Fasnacloich, stabling horses there and using his farming staff to work the land.[2]

The house and a small plot of land around it were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Adams Farm" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-20.


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