Elm Cottage/Blanding Farm

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Elm Cottage/Blanding Farm
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Location Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°50′16″N71°17′29″W / 41.83778°N 71.29139°W / 41.83778; -71.29139 Coordinates: 41°50′16″N71°17′29″W / 41.83778°N 71.29139°W / 41.83778; -71.29139
Built1800
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Rehoboth MRA
NRHP reference No. 83000666 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1983

Elm Cottage/Blanding Farm is a historic house at 103 Broad Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The main block of this 2+12-story farmhouse was built c. 1800; its rear kitchen ell was added c. 1840. The house was the site of a long-successful local farming operation owned by the Blanding family. One of its early residents was Dr. William Blanding, a physician who also wrote a significant early work on the older houses of Rehoboth. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Elm Cottage-Blanding Farm". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-23.