Frost Farm (Korpi Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire)

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Frost Farm
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LocationKorpi Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°52′15″N72°1′35″W / 42.87083°N 72.02639°W / 42.87083; -72.02639 Coordinates: 42°52′15″N72°1′35″W / 42.87083°N 72.02639°W / 42.87083; -72.02639
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1806 (1806)
Built byBenjamin Frost
Architectural styleCape Colonial
MPS Dublin MRA
NRHP reference No. 83004026 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1983

The Frost Farm is a historic farmstead on Korpi Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It includes a farmhouse built in 1806 and subsequently enlarged, and a renovated 19th-century barn. The property is significant for its architecture, and for its ownership by both early settlers and later Finnish immigrants. A portion of the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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Description and history

The Frost Farm is located in a rural setting of southeastern Dublin, straddling Korpi Road east of its junction with Craig Road. North of the road is the farmhouse, a rambling two-story gable-roofed structure with a clapboarded exterior. South of the road is the barn, which was renovated in the second half of the 20th century, using recycled and period wooden materials. [2]

The oldest portion of the farmhouse is a small Cape-style portion that was built in 1806 by Benjamin Frost. Frost, a native of nearby Jaffrey, attempted to operate a grist mill nearby, but failed due to a lack of adequate water power. The property was sold out of the Frost family in 1852. [2]

The house was purchased in 1913 by Konstu Korpi, a Finnish immigrant, who substantially enlarged it in 1914 and in the 1950s. It became a meeting point for the small local Finnish-American community, and as a boarding house for Finnish-American woodworkers. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Frost Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-09.