Leavitt Farm

United States historic place

Leavitt Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 103 Old Loudon Rd., Concord, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 43°13′56″N 71°28′52″W﻿ / ﻿43.23222°N 71.48111°W﻿ / 43.23222; -71.48111
Area| 12.7 acres (5.1 ha)
Built| 1847 (1847)
Architectural style| Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.| 82001692[1]
Added to NRHP| March 11, 1982

Leavitt Farm is a historic farmstead at 103 Old Loudon Road in eastern Concord, New Hampshire. It consists of three 19th century farm buildings, including the c. 1847 Greek Revival farmhouse, a large c. 1888 shop and barn, and a 19th-century privy which has been converted into a well pumphouse. These buildings were built by Jonathan Leavitt, a farmer and blacksmith, and were later owned by his son Almah, a sign painter. In the 1980s the property was used by the Concord Coach Society (now the Abbot-Downing Historical Society) as a headquarters and museum facility. The shop building in particular is notable for its adaptive reuse (as blacksmithy, paint shop, and museum), and for its second floor ballroom space, an unusual location for that type of social space.[2] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

## Description and history

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Leavitt Farm is located in an increasingly less rural area of eastern Concord, on the north side of Old Loudon Road a short way west of its junction with Loudon Road (New Hampshire Route 9). The farm now consists of about 12.7 acres (5.1 ha), bounded on the north by Interstate 393. The buildings are clustered near Old Loudon Road, with the house at the center, the barn to the left, the shop to the right, and the pumphouse behind the house. The house is a 1½-story Cape-style structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows, and is topped by a decorative panel incised with stars. The barn is finished in wooden clapboards and has an L shape, with the main gable facing the road and entrances facing front and right in the crook of the L. The shop is a two-story frame structure, with a utilitarian ground floor, and a ballroom on the upper level, finished in plaster with stencil decoration.[2]

The property was developed by Jonathan Leavitt, who bought the land in 1847. Initially a farmer, in his later years he also worked as a blacksmith, work he performed in the shop building. It is likely that he hosted social events for the community in the ballroom on the shop's second floor. Leavitt's son Almah, who purchased the property from his father in 1888, used the shop to paint carriages and signs. In 1980, the property was purchased by a local historical society and adapted for use as a museum devoted to carriages.[2] The society has since relocated to facilities at the fairgrounds in Hopkinton; this is now private property.

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Merrimack 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. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Leavitt Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2014.

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National Register of Historic Places in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Landmarks|

* Canterbury Shaker Village
* Daniel Webster Family Home

Districts|

* Bear Brook State Park Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Historic District
* Blossom Hill and Calvary Cemeteries
* Concord Civic District
* Concord Historic District
* Downtown Concord Historic District
* East Andover Village Center Historic District
* Franklin Falls Historic District
* Hay Estate
* Hersey Farms Historic District
* Murray Hill Summer Home District
* Page Belting Company Mills
* Pittsfield Center Historic District
* Suncook Village Commercial–Civic Historic District
* Waterloo Historic District

Buildings|

* 2½ Beacon Street
* Boscawen Academy and Much-I-Do Hose House
* Boscawen Public Library
* Bradford Town Hall
* Concord Gas Light Company Gasholder House
* Contoocook Railroad Depot
* Eagle Hotel
* Endicott Hotel
* Hall Memorial Library
* Henniker Town Hall
* Jacob Noyes Block
* Merrimack County Bank
* Merrimack County Courthouse
* Millville School
* New Hampshire Savings Bank Building
* Old Post Office
* Pembroke Mill
* Pillsbury Memorial Hall
* Pleasant View Home
* Potter Place Railroad Station
* Robie's Country Store
* Rolfe Barn
* Salisbury Academy Building
* Stanley Tavern
* Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse
* William H. Long Memorial

Houses|

* Bennett Farm
* Chamberlin House
* Charles S. Hall House
* Dimond Hill Farm
* Donald D. Tuttle House
* Dr. Solomon M. Whipple House
* Farrington House
* Franklin Pierce House
* Gershom Durgin House
* Gov. Frank West Rollins House
* H. Styles Bridges House
* Henry J. Crippen House
* Howe-Quimby House
* Leavitt Farm
* Lewis Downing, Jr. House
* Matthew Harvey House
* Morrill-Lassonde House
* Reuben Foster House and Perley Cleaves House
* Upham-Walker House
* White Farm

Places of
worship|

* Allenstown Meeting House
* Baptist New Meeting House
* Bradford Center Meetinghouse
* Center Meetinghouse
* First Congregational Church of Boscawen
* Hill Center Church
* Loudon Town Hall
* Lower Warner Meetinghouse
* Northfield Union Church
* Old Webster Meeting House
* South Danbury Christian Church
* South Sutton Meeting House
* Webster Congregational Church

Sites|

* Beaver Meadow Brook Archeological Site
* Old North Cemetery
* White Park

Structures|

* Bement Covered Bridge
* Bog Bridge
* Dalton Covered Bridge
* Hopkinton Railroad Covered Bridge
* Keniston Bridge
* Memorial Arch of Tilton
* Pineground Bridge
* Rowell's Covered Bridge
* Sulphite Railroad Bridge
* Waterloo Covered Bridge

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