Springdale Farm is a historic farm property on Horseback Road in
Burnham, Maine
Burnham is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,096 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water, chiefly Unity Po ...
. The farm property includes a virtually intact 1870s farm complex with a period connected farmhouse and barn. The property was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2000.
Description and history
Springdale farm is located in eastern Burnham, a rural community in northwestern
Waldo County
Waldo County is a county in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,607. Its county seat is Belfast. The county was founded on 7 February 1827 from a portion of Hancock County and named after ...
. The farm's current size is , down from a reported maximum of , consisting of about of cleared land, and the balance in woodland. The farm complex is located on the east side of Horseback Road, about south of Troy Road. The connected complex is arrayed with the house at the southern end, with ells extending north to the barn. Secondary farm buildings stand north and east of the barn, and there is summer sleeping house south of the main house. The house has an Italianate exterior, with a bracketed entry hood, and bay windows with paneled corner boards and skirting. The interior of the main house has been completely modernized; the attached ell retains some 19th-century features.
The early settlement history of the property is uncertain; an 1859 map of the area shows a house standing, ownership attributed to C. Reynolds. The present house is stylistically from a later period, and was probably built about 1870, along with the barn. The barn is built of hand-hewn timbers, and is unusual for its purlin roof framing, which is not normally found on barns this large. The farm property remained in the hands of members of the Reynolds family until 1977.
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{{National Register of Historic Places
Victorian architecture in Maine
Buildings and structures completed in 1870
Buildings and structures in Waldo County, Maine
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Waldo County, Maine
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine