Parker-Hutchinson Farm

Parker-Hutchinson Farm
Location Parker Bridge Rd., Coventry, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°44′27″N 72°19′23″W / 41.74083°N 72.32306°W / 41.74083; -72.32306Coordinates: 41°44′27″N 72°19′23″W / 41.74083°N 72.32306°W / 41.74083; -72.32306
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1850
Architectural style "Cape" farmhouse
NRHP Reference # 82004386[1]
Added to NRHP April 29, 1982

The Parker-Hutchinson Farm is a historic farm property on Parker Bridge Road in Coventry, Connecticut. It includes the Samuel Parker House which dates from 1850. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included an 8-acre (3.2 ha) area with a "Cape" farmhouse, and a number of outbuildings, including a horse barn, a sheep barn, and a shed. There also are foundations of former buildings.[1][2]

The significance of the property is not for the architecture of its farmhouse, but rather as a remarkably intact site where a number of small-scale industrial enterprises were conducted. The Parkers, and later the Hutchinsons, are documented to have engaged in a significant number of businesses in the 19th century, operating a cider mill, producing both raw and processed wool and flax, and operating a small cooperage and probably also a small woolen hat-making enterprise.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Allison Gilchrist (May 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Parker-Hutchinson Farm / Samuel Parker House" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 12 photos, exteriors and interior, from 1981


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