The Martin House and Farm is a historic farm at 22 Stoney Hill Road in North
Swansea, Massachusetts
Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts.
It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, south of Boston, and southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 17,144 at the 2020 cens ...
. The main house is a -story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with a crosswise ell at the rear. The oldest portion was built in 1728 by John Martin, as a single pile structure with a gable roof. It was soon afterward extended with a kitchen space, and was enlarged about 1814, when the gambrel roof was added. The property was farmed by Martin's descendants until 1934, when the property was bequested to
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1776, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Pe ...
. The house is operated by the Dames as a
historic house museum.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts
References
External links
Martin House Farm- National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
Houses completed in 1728
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Museums in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Houses in Swansea, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
1728 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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