Martin M. Bates Farmstead
Martin M. Bates Farmstead | |
44°21′57″N 72°59′48″W / 44.36583°N 72.99667°W / 44.36583; -72.99667 | |
Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
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Built | 1883 (1883) |
Built by | Conway, T.W. |
Architectural style | Italianate, Ground level stable barn |
MPS | Agricultural Resources of Vermont MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91001676[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 1991 |
The Martin M. Bates Farmstead is a historic farm property on Huntington Road in Richmond, Vermont. Farmed since the 1790s, the property is now a well-preserved example of a mid-19th century dairy farm, with a fine Italianate farmhouse. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
Description and history
The Bates Farmstead is located in a rural area of southern Richmond, on 45 acres (18 ha) straddling Huntington Road south of its junction with Hillview Road. The area on either side of the road are open fields, which give way to wooded hills behind. The farm complex is also divided by the road, with the house and a chicken house on the northeast side and a large barn and icehouse on the opposite side. The farmhouse is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and ells extending to the right side and rear. It has elaborate Italianate stylistic elements, including paired brackets in the eaves and porches supported by paneled posts. The southeast ell, the oldest portion of the house, retains features original to its construction in the 1820s.[2]
The property was acquired by Solomon Bates in 1793, who probably began farming it not long after. None of its early buildings survive; the house wing was probably built in the 1820s by Solomon's son Elihu. The main block of the house dates to the 1850s, and the large barn complex to the 1890s. The house underwent a major restyling about 1880 by Martin Bates, under whose ownership the farm reached its greatest extent, more than 350 acres (140 ha). The farm remained in Bates family ownership until 1986, with no new buildings added after 1930. The property remains a fine example of a late 19th-century dairy operation.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Gary Bressor and Reid Larson (1990). "NRHP nomination for Ethan Allen Homestead". National Park Service. Retrieved September 20, 2016. with photos from 1990
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Historic
Landmarks
- Round Church
- Shelburne Farms
- Ticonderoga
- Martin M. Bates Farmstead
- Battery Street Historic District
- Buell Street–Bradley Street Historic District
- Charlotte Center Historic District
- Giles Chittenden Farmstead
- Church Street Historic District
- City Hall Park Historic District
- Downtown Essex Junction Commercial Historic District
- Fort Ethan Allen Historic District
- Gray Rocks
- Head of Church Street Historic District
- Hinesburg Town Forest
- Honey Hollow Camp
- Jericho Center Historic District
- Jericho Village Historic District
- Dan Johnson Farmstead
- Lakeside Development
- LeClair Avenue Historic District
- Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡
- Main Street–College Street Historic District
- Mount Philo State Park
- Murray–Isham Farm
- North Street Historic District
- Pearl Street Historic District
- Pine Street Industrial Historic District
- Preston–Lafreniere Farm
- Redstone Historic District
- Remington–Williamson Farm
- Sand Bar State Park
- Shelburne Village Historic District
- South Union Street Historic District
- South Willard Street Historic District
- Sutton Farm
- Underhill State Park
- University Green Historic District
- Wells-Richardson Complex
- M. S. Whitcomb Farm
- Williston Village Historic District
- Winooski Falls Mill District
- Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
- General Butler (shipwreck)
- O.J. Walker (shipwreck)
- Phoenix (shipwreck)
- Winooski Archeological Site
‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.