Lamson Farm

United States historic place

Lamson Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Outbuildings of the farm

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Location| Lamson Road, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 42°55′17″N 71°41′7″W﻿ / ﻿42.92139°N 71.68528°W﻿ / 42.92139; -71.68528
Area| 310 acres (130 ha)
Built| c. 1770
NRHP reference No.| 81000072[1]
Added to NRHP| February 24, 1981

Lamson Farm is a historic farm property on Lamson Road in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Founded in the 1770s and operated as a farm until 1975, it is one of the few surviving intact 19th-century farm properties in the community. Its land, over 300 acres (120 ha) in size, is now town-owned conservation and farmland. The property has trails open to the public, and an annual celebration of Lamson Farm Day is held here every September.[2] The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

## Description and history[edit]

Lamson Farm is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the town center of Mont Vernon. Its built infrastructure is located on and around open fields at the junction of Lamson and Cross Roads, northwest of New Hampshire Route 13. The property consists of about 310 acres (130 ha), extending in a roughly rectangular shape north to the town line with New Boston. The northernmost sections of the property are wooded and hilly, with a spur of Lamson Road (now part of the trail network) extending north toward the top of McCollom Hill, at 950 feet (290 m) the high point of the property. The hill was historically the site of a blueberry patch and apple orchard, features that are giving way to forest.[3]

The built infrastructure of the farm consists of eleven buildings, located along either side of Lamson Road. The main house is on the east side, consisting of a multi-section structure whose core is a Cape style 1-1/2 story timber frame house built about 1770. Most of the outbuildings date to the early 20th century; the main cow barn, made by combining two older structures, has at least one section dating to the early 19th century. Located northeast of the farmstead are the foundational remains of a second farm property, which was purchased by the Lamsons in the early 20th century. Located near the junction of Lamson and Cross Streets is a stone foundation which once held a small district schoolhouse.[3]

The property was first developed by William Lamson, a native of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The farm was worked continuously by members of the Lamson family until 1975, and was at mid-20th century the largest dairy farming operation in the town. The town acquired the property in 1975 in order to preserve it as a vital reminder of its agricultural history.[3]

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Mont Vernon.US: Lamson Farm Day
3. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Lamson Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-03-31.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Lamson Farm at Wikimedia Commons

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National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Landmarks|

* Franklin Pierce Homestead
* MacDowell Colony

Districts|

* Amherst Village Historic District
* Bennington Village Historic District
* Contoocook Mills Industrial District
* District A
* District B
* District C
* District D
* District E
* The Flint Estate
* Francestown Town Hall and Academy and Town Common Historic District
* Goffstown Main Street Historic District
* Hancock Village Historic District
* Hollis Village Historic District
* Lyndeborough Center Historic District
* Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company Historic District
* Nashua Manufacturing Company Historic District
* Nashville Historic District
* New Ipswich Center Village Historic District
* Old County Road South Historic District
* Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic District
* Victory Park Historic District

Buildings|

| Commercial|

* Athens Building
* Birchwood Inn
* Dunlap Building
* Harrington-Smith Block
* Old Post Office Block
* Parker's Store
* T. L. Thorpe Building †

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Education|

* Ash Street School
* Brick Schoolhouse
* Building at 418–420 Notre Dame Ave.
* Currier Gallery of Art
* Goffstown High School
* Goffstown Public Library
* Grasmere Schoolhouse No. 9 and Town Hall
* Hills Memorial Library
* Hunt Memorial Library
* North Weare Schoolhouse
* Pelham Library and Memorial Building
* St. George's School and Convent
* Varney School
* Weston Observatory
* Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library

Government|

* Bedford Town Hall
* Citizens' Hall
* Hillsborough County Courthouse
* Manchester City Hall
* Milford Town House and Library Annex
* New Hampshire State Union Armory
* New Ipswich Town Hall
* Peterborough Town House
* Temple Town Hall
* US Post Office-Peterborough Main
* Weare Town House
* Wilton Town Hall

Industrial|

* Daniel Cragin Mill
* Hillsborough Mills
* Hoyt Shoe Factory
* Kimball Brothers Shoe Factory
* Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company
* Mine Falls Gatehouse

Religious|

* All Saints Church
* Bedford Presbyterian Church
* Francestown Meetinghouse
* Goffstown Congregational Church
* Greenfield Meeting House
* Peterborough Unitarian Church
* Union Chapel

Residential/
Agriculture|

* Abbot House
* Jonathan Barnes House
* Barrett House
* Carpenter and Bean Block
* Frank Pierce Carpenter House
* Amos Chase House and Mill
* Alpheus Gay House
* Hamblet-Putnam-Frye House
* Kennedy Hill Farm
* Hill–Lassonde House
* Hills House
* Thomas Russell Hubbard House
* Killicut-Way House
* Lamson Farm
* McClure-Hilton House
* The Meetinghouse
* Marion Nichols Summer Home
* William Peabody House
* G.O. Sanders House
* Signer's House and Matthew Thornton Cemetery
* Gov. John Butler Smith House
* Smith and Dow Block
* Smyth Tower
* Stonyfield Farm
* Gen. George Stark House
* Gen. John Stark House
* William Parker Straw House
* Sullivan House
* Roger Sullivan House
* Oliver Whiting Homestead
* Caleb Whittaker Place
* Levi Woodbury Homestead
* Zimmerman House

Sites|

* New England Glassworks Site
* Stark Park
* Valley Cemetery

Structures|

* County Farm Bridge
* Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge
* Hancock–Greenfield Bridge
* Hillsborough Railroad Bridge
* Milford Suspension Bridge

Footnotes|

† This entry has been removed from the registry.

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