Plummer Homestead facts for kids
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Plummer Homestead
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| Location | 1273 White Mountain Hwy., Milton, New Hampshire |
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| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | 1780 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000638 |
| Added to NRHP | June 14, 2002 |
The Plummer Homestead is a special old house in Milton, New Hampshire. It's now a museum where you can learn about history. This house was built a long time ago, in the 1780s, and grew bigger over the years. It's one of the oldest farms in New Hampshire, right next to the Plumer-Jones Farm. Both farms are now part of the New Hampshire Farm Museum. The house became a protected historic place in 2002. It's on the National Register of Historic Places.
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About the Plummer Homestead
The Plummer Homestead sits on the west side of White Mountain Highway (New Hampshire Route 125) in Milton. It's like many old farms in New England. It has a main house, a "little house," a "back house," and a barn. These buildings are all connected and stretch away from the road.
How the House Changed Over Time
The main part of the house was first a smaller, one-and-a-half-story Cape-style home. In 1848, it was made taller, becoming a full two-story house. A long section connects the main house to a barn built around 1870.
The Farm's Land and Layout
These buildings stand on about 20 acres of land. This land is what's left of a much larger farm. The area around the house looks like a farm from the 1800s. There's a grassy front yard and a working yard on the south side. This is where you find entrances to different parts of the farm. The farm's vegetable garden is just north of the buildings.
Who Lived Here?
The main house was built in the 1780s by Beard Plumer. He was the brother of Joseph Plumer, who built the nearby Plumer-Jones Farm. Members of the Plumer (later Plummer) family lived in this house for many years, until the 1990s.
The Homestead Today
The New Hampshire Farm Museum bought the Plummer Homestead in 1993. Today, the museum offers tours of the property. They also use the homestead for their history programs. It helps people learn what farm life was like long ago.
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