Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm

Historic house in New Hampshire, United States

United States historic place

Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 80 Houghton Ledge Road, Roxbury, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 42°58′30″N 72°12′37″W﻿ / ﻿42.97500°N 72.21028°W﻿ / 42.97500; -72.21028
Area| 13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built| c. 1825 (1825)
Architectural style| Federal, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.| 11000964[1]
Added to NRHP| December 30, 2011

The Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm is a historic farmhouse at 80 Houghton Ledge Road in Roxbury, New Hampshire. The brick house was built c. 1825, and is a well-preserved example of vernacular Federal and Greek Revival styling.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

## Description and history

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The Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm is located in a rural setting of northwestern Roxbury, at the northern end of Houghton Ledge Road, a dirt road running north from near the Granite Gorge Ski Area. The farm occupies about 13 acres (5.3 ha) of land, which is mostly wooded except for a cleared area where the cluster of farm buildings is found. The c. 1825 farmhouse is the dominant element of the property, with a 19th-century barn standing nearby; other elements of historic interest on the property include foundation remnants of older buildings, and a 19th-century wellhead. The farmhouse is a brick building, 2+1⁄2 stories in height, with a gabled roof. Attached to it are two single-story wood frame ells, which are believed to predate the construction of the main block by several years.[3]

The town of Roxbury was incorporated in 1813 out of portions of neighboring communities. Its early settlement had been in the 18th century, mainly by veterans of the French and Indian War who had received land grants in the area. William Stoddard Buckminster, the son of one of Roxbury's first selectmen, purchased land in this area from his father Solomon in 1820. It is believed that one of the ells, a post & beam wooden cape, of the house was the first structure built on the property in the 1790s. Buckminster's son David operated the farm until the 1860s, when he moved to Keene, and sold it in 1878 to Elbridge Kingsbury. The Kingsburys were also from a family of early settlers, and operated the farm until 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s they rented the property for use as a summer camp, and it was sold out of that family in 1946.[3]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "The Old Stone Wall, Volume 4, Issue 1" (PDF). New Hampshire DHR. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
3. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm". National Archive. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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National Register of Historic Places in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Landmark
District|

* Harrisville Historic District

Districts|

* Beaver Mills
* Beech Hill Summer Home District
* Chesham Village District
* Dublin Lake Historic District
* Dublin Village Historic District
* East Jaffrey Historic District
* Fitzwilliam Common Historic District
* Harrisville Rural District
* Jaffrey Center Historic District
* Pottersville District
* Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and Cemetery
* Silver Lake District
* Troy Village Historic District

Buildings|

| Religious|

* Asbury United Methodist Church
* Grace United Methodist Church
* Jones Hall
* Keene Unitarian Universalist Church
* Park Hill Meetinghouse
* Richmond Community Church
* Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse
* United Church of Christ in Keene
* Veterans' Memorial Hall

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Residential/
Agriculture|

* Abijah Richardson, Sr. Homestead
* Adams Farm
* Aldworth Manor
* Amory Ballroom
* Amory House
* Amory-Appel Cottage
* Amos Learned Farm
* Appleton Farm
* Appleton-Hannaford House
* Asa Morse Farm
* Ballou-Newbegin House
* Beech Hill
* Benjamin Learned House
* Benjamin Marshall House
* Brackett House
* Buckminster-Kingsbury Farm
* Burpee Farm
* Capt. Richard Strong House
* Capt. Samuel Allison House
* Capt. Thomas Morse Farm
* Catherine Fiske Seminary For Young Ladies
* Clymer House
* Colony House
* Corban C. Farwell Homestead
* Corey Farm
* Deacon Abijah Richardson House
* Dinsmoor–Hale House
* Dr. Daniel Adams House
* Drewsville Mansion
* Elbridge G. Bemis House
* Eli Morse Farm
* Elliot Mansion
* Eveleth Farm
* Far Horizons
* Fasnacloich
* Fisk Barn
* Foothill Farm
* Frost Farm (Korpi Road)
* Frost Farm (Old Marlborough Road)
* George Bemis House
* George Cheever Farm
* Gilchrest
* Glenchrest
* Henry Strongman House
* Hutchinson House
* Isaac Greenwood House
* Ivanov-Rinov House
* Ivory Perry Homestead
* Jabez Townsend House
* James Gowing Farm
* James Robbe Jr. House
* Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House
* John Adams Homestead-Wellscroft
* John Perry Homestead
* John Richardson Homestead
* Joseph Gowing Farm
* Joslin-Faulkner-Putnam House
* Kendall Cottage
* Knollwood
* Lattice Cottage
* Lawrence Farm
* Learned Homestead
* Louis Cabot House
* Luke Richardson House
* Markham House
* Mary Anne Wales House
* Mason House
* Mason–Watkins House
* McKenna Cottage
* Micajah Martin Farm
* Moore Farm and Twitchell Mill Site
* Moses Eaton Jr. House
* Moses Greenwood House
* Mountain View Farm
* Needham House
* Noah Cooke House
* The Old Patch Place
* Parsons Studio and Casino
* Peck-Porter House
* Persia Beal House
* Point Comfort
* Pumpelly Studio
* Raubold House
* Richard Strong Cottage
* Rufus Piper Homestead
* Sawyer Tavern
* Silver Lake Farm
* Smith–Mason Farm
* Solomon Piper Farm
* Spur House
* Stationmaster's House
* Stephen Rowe Bradley House
* Stone Farm
* Stone-Darracott House
* Stonehenge
* T. H. Cabot Cottage
* The Acre
* Timothy Bancroft House
* Townsend Farm
* Weldwood
* Wildwood Cottage
* Willard Homestead
* William Strongman House
* Windmill Hill
* Wood House
* Wyman Tavern

Other
buildings|

* Cheshire County Courthouse
* Colony's Block
* Conant Public Library
* Dublin Town Hall
* Faulkner & Colony Woolen Mill
* Golden Rod Grange No. 114
* High Tops School
* Holman & Merriman Machine Shop
* Jaffrey Mills
* Nelson Schoolhouse
* New Hampshire Conservatory of Music and the Arts
* Richmond School House No. 6
* Richmond Town Hall
* Shedd-Porter Memorial Library
* Todd Block
* Walpole Academy
* Winchester Town Hall

Site|

* Eli Morse Sawmill Foundations

Structures|

* Ashuelot Covered Bridge
* Carleton Bridge
* Coombs Covered Bridge
* Gilsum Stone Arch Bridge
* Sawyers Crossing Covered Bridge
* Slate Covered Bridge
* Stone Arch Bridge
* West Swanzey Covered Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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