Scamman Farm is a historic farmstead at Portsmouth Avenue in

Stratham, New Hampshire Stratham is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The town had a population of 7,669 at the 2020 census. It is bounded on the west by the Squamscott River. The town is the home of the only U.S. Lindt & Sprüngli factory and ...

. The farm was established by members of the Scamman family in the 1660s, and includes a barn dating to the mid-18th century, believed to be one of the oldest in the state, and a

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

farmhouse dating to 1836. The property, now a subset of the family's original holdings, 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 artist ...

in 2019. A fire that began shortly before 11 p.m. on May 10, 2021, burned down one barn on the property and killed an estimated 300 chickens. Through the efforts of firefighters, the mid-18th century barn suffered only minor damage. Days later, the family stated that they would rebuild the barn that burned down. The similarly named

Scammon Farm Historic District Scammon Farm Historic District is a historic area in Stratham, New Hampshire. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 2023. The farm, dating to 1681 and covering over in the late 19th century, is located between the ...

, also located in Stratham and owned by a different branch of the family, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

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{{NRHP in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire Houses completed in 1836 Stratham, New Hampshire Houses in Rockingham County, New Hampshire National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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