Silver Lake Farm

United States historic place

Silver Lake Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Between Silver Lake and Seaver Rds. near intersection with Old Nelson Rd., Harrisville, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 42°56′30″N 72°8′35″W﻿ / ﻿42.94167°N 72.14306°W﻿ / 42.94167; -72.14306
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1820 (1820)
MPS| Harrisville MRA
NRHP reference No.| 86003252[1]
Added to NRHP| January 14, 1988

The Silver Lake Farm is a historic farmstead on Seaver Road in northwestern Harrisville, New Hampshire. Established about 1820, it was a highly successful local farm, serving first businesses as far off as Keene, and then the local summer resort trade at nearby Silver Lake. The house is relatively little-altered despite intensive use into the 20th century. The farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

## Description and history

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The Silver Lake Farm is located in a rural setting west of Harrisville village, on the west side of Seaver Road south of Breed Road. It is set high on a hillside, with fine views of the surrounding countryside, including the eponymous Silver Lake. It consists of a traditional New England farm complex, with a clapboarded farmhouse that was built c. 1820, a poultry shed, two early 20th-century barns, and a modern tractor shed.

The farm was originally established by Paul Whitcomb Breed, whose family gave the lake its early name (Breed Pond). It was later owned by the Farwells and Seavers, like the Breeds prominent Harrisville families. Despite its active use until the 1970s, the farmhouse remained relatively unaltered, lacking even modern heating. In addition to operating the farm, the Seavers also had a sawmill near the outlet of Silver Lake. Their customers included businesses and residents of nearby communities, as well as the summer residents who came to populate the Silver Lake area around the turn of the 20th century.[2]

## See also

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* Silver Lake District
* 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. ^ "NRHP nomination for Silver Lake Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

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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
* 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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