The Asa Morse Farm, also known as the Friendly Farm, is a historic farmstead on
New Hampshire Route 101
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in
Dublin, New Hampshire
Dublin is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,532 at the 2020 census. It is home to Dublin School and ''Yankee'' magazine.
History
In 1749, the Masonian proprietors granted the town as "Monadnock No. ...
. The main farmhouse, built in 1926 on the foundations of an early 19th-century house, is a good example of
Colonial Revival architecture
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The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
, built during Dublin's heyday as a summer retreat. The
farmstead
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was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983.
Description and history
The Asa Morse Farm is located a short way west of
Dublin Pond, on the south side of NH 101 east of its junction with MacVeagh Road. The farm complex includes the main house, barn, and cottage. All three buildings were constructed in 1926, the house upon the foundation of the early 19th-century farmhouse of Asa Morse. It was built for Frederick Brewster as part of his summer estate and gentleman's farm, which he had established on a farm-estate property first developed as a summer estate in 1889. The property was revived as an agricultural property in the 1960s; the cottage now serves as a chicken house.
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The farmhouse is a modest but well-executed example of Colonial Revival architecture. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a central chimney, and its main facade is five bays wide with a center entrance. The entrance is sheltered by a gabled ]portico
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supported by paired Federal-style
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columns.
See also
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References
External links
Friendly Farm website
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Colonial Revival architecture in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1926
Houses in Dublin, New Hampshire
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Dublin, New Hampshire