Friday, November 27, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving and a look at a really old farmhouse (Newbury, MA)

The other day (23-Nov) I visited the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury Massachusetts: (click on images to see source image in flickr.com)
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm 09.11.23 N0001-31N0001-36
The farm is operated by Historic New England which indicates that it was founded ca 1690. However, the Wikipedia article mentions evidence that the stone portion, being the oldest stone structure in New England, may have been built before 1677. Looks kind of haunted to me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_New_England/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer-Peirce-Little_Farm/
Photograph: Nikon Coolpix P50, 28mm equiv, 2/3 stop underexposed, processed in Google Picasa III

Here's a look at the front:
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm 09.11.23 N0001-31N0001-34
Photograph: Nikon Coolpix P50, 45mm equiv, 2/3 stop underexposed, processed in Google Picasa III

And a window:
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm 09.11.23 N0001-31
Photograph: Nikon Coolpix P50, 61mm equiv, 2/3 stop underexposed, processed in Google Picasa III

A b&w study of the back of the house:
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm 09.11.23 N0001
The alle of trees entrance to the farm:
Alle of Trees 09.11.28_76
and a detail of windows at the entryway to the house:
Widows through Windows 09.11.28_188

2 comments:

  1. Intriguing new blog-Sounds great ! Looking forward to more postings.

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  2. Thank-you Stephanie! I'm looking forward to the roll-out of your blog.

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