Burpee Farm facts for kids
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Burpee Farm
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Only the chimney remains.
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 Location in New Hampshire
Location in the United States
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| Location | Burpee Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire |
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| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1793 |
| Built by | Snow, Samuel |
| Architectural style | Cape Cottage |
| MPS | Dublin MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004014 |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1983 |
Burpee Farm was a very old farmhouse in Dublin, New Hampshire. It was built a long time ago, probably in 1793! This makes it one of the oldest buildings in town. The farm was special because it showed how farmhouses looked in the 1700s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Sadly, a fire destroyed it in 2013.
Discovering Burpee Farm's Past
The Burpee Farm farmhouse was in a quiet, country part of southern Dublin. It sat on the side of Mount Monadnock. The house was a simple, wooden building with one and a half stories. It had a pointed roof and a chimney in the middle. The outside was covered with wooden boards called clapboards.
What the Farmhouse Looked Like
The front of the house had four sections. There were three windows and a door that was a little off-center. The tops of the windows and the door were very close to the roof. Inside, you could see the big wooden beams that held the house up. The chimney even had a special oven built into it, called a beehive oven.
Who Lived at Burpee Farm?
The house was likely built by Samuel Snow. He was one of the first people to settle in Dublin. Samuel Snow bought about 70 acres of land in 1793. He probably built this house soon after.
In 1853, Abbott Bowman Burpee bought the farm. His family owned it for more than 100 years! Even with some changes in the early 1900s, the house was a great example of an 18th-century farmhouse. It was one of Dublin's oldest buildings.
The Swanson family bought the farm in 1969. People were renting the house when a fire started in 2013. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
