Farnham Farm

Farnham Farm

Infobox_nrhp | name =Farnham Farm
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location= Portsmouth, Rhode Island
locmapin = Rhode Island
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built =1805
architect=
architecture=
added = February 02, 2006
governing_body = Private
refnum=05001617cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Farnham Farm is historic farm on Prudence Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

The farm was started by the Dennis familyWho|date=May 2008 after the original farms on Prudence Island were burned and destroyed by the British during the American Revolution around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island. The farm contains several extant structures including a house (ca. 1805), barn (ca. 1850), milk house, fields, garden, woodland, orchard, and stone walls. The Dennis family sold the house to the FarnhamsWho|date=May 2008 in 1867. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References and external links

* [http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips/news_pdfs/nr_farnham06-03-01.pdf Preservation RI, Release about addition to the National Register of Historic Places]


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