West View Farm

United States historic place

West View Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

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Location| Hastings Road (Waterbury Highway 34), Waterford, Vermont
Coordinates| 44°24′12″N 71°59′35″W﻿ / ﻿44.403376°N 71.992921°W﻿ / 44.403376; -71.992921
Area| 150 acres (61 ha)
Built| 1860
Built by| Quimby, Fred
Architect| Packard, Lambert
MPS| Agricultural Resources of Vermont MPS
NRHP reference No.| 94001522[1]
Added to NRHP| January 6, 1995

The West View Farm is a historic farm property on Hastings Road (Town Highway 34) in Waterford, Vermont. The farm is unique for its distinctive round barn, built in 1903 to a design by St. Johnsbury architect Lambert Packard, and surviving 19th-century corn crib and smokehouse. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] It includes a round barn.

Round barn built in 1903, photographed in 2016

## Description and history

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West View Farm is located in a rural setting of western Waterford, on 150 acres (61 ha) on either side of Hastings Road, now a spur road ending at the farmstead complex. Most of the property is wooded, but there are open fields for hay and pasture near the farmstead. Buildings in the farm cluster include a rambling c. 1860 Greek Revival farmhouse with several extending ells, a c. 1860 smokehouse, a c. 1870 corn crib, an early 20th-century poultry house, and a large round barn built in 1903. The barn is three levels high, with the bottom two levels unobstructed except for the central circular silo. Its exterior is clad in wooden shingles.[2]

The farm property was established in 1807 by Josiah Hastings. The present farmhouse was built by his son Curtis about 1860. The round barn was one of the last works designed by St. Johnsbury architect Lambert Packard, and is one of a small number of surviving early 20th-century round barns in the state. It was built by Fred Quimby, a carpenter from Barnet who was locally known for his silos. It was also an instant tourist attraction, drawing 2,000 visitors in the first year after its construction in 1903. The farm's smokehouse and corn crib are also two rare surviving examples of 19th-century outbuildings of their type.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont
* List of round barns

## 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 Charles Levy (1994). "NRHP nomination for West View Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved January 15, 2017. with photos from 1994

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National Register of Historic Places in Caledonia County, Vermont

National
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* St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

Districts|

* Barnet Center Historic District
* Darling Estate Historic District
* Downtown Hardwick Village Historic District
* William and Agnes Gilkerson Farm
* Hardwick Street Historic District
* Maple Street–Clarks Avenue Historic District
* New Discovery State Park
* Peacham Corner Historic District
* Railroad Street Historic District
* Ricker Pond State Park
* St. Johnsbury Federal Fish Culture Station
* St. Johnsbury Historic District
* St. Johnsbury Main Street Historic District
* Stillwater State Park
* Thresher Mill
* West View Farm
* Wheelock Common Historic District

Buildings|

* Benoit Apartments
* Building at 143 Highland Avenue
* Burklyn Hall
* Caledonia No. 9 Grange Hall
* Christian Union Society Meetinghouse
* Cobb School
* Cote Apartment House
* Darling Inn
* J. R. Darling Store
* District 6 School House
* Elkins Tavern
* Fairbanks Museum
* Franklin Fairbanks House
* Alice Lord Goodine House
* Grouselands
* Lee Farm
* Lind Houses
* Lower Waterford Congregational Church
* Caleb H. Marshall House
* Mathewson Block
* McIndoes Academy
* Methodist Episcopal Church
* Morency Paint Shop and Apartment Building
* Riverside
* Shearer and Corser Double House
* Josiah and Lydia Shedd Farmstead
* Stannard Schoolhouse
* Phineas Thurston House
* Toll House
* Union Meeting House
* Whitehill House
* Whittier House

Structures|

* Bradley Covered Bridge
* Burrington Covered Bridge
* Centre Covered Bridge
* Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge
* Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge
* Old Schoolhouse Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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