Hartwell Farm

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Hartwell Farm
EXTERIOR FROM THE SOUTHWEST - Sergeant Samuel Hartwell House, Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, MA HABS MASS,9-LIN,8-2.tif
The restaurant in the 1960s
Hartwell Farm
Restaurant information
Established1925(99 years ago) (1925)
ClosedFebruary 1968(56 years ago) (1968-02)
Previous owner(s)Marion A. Fitch
Jane Hamilton Poor
Street address Virginia Road
City Lincoln
County Middlesex County
State Massachusetts
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 42°27′10″N71°17′28″W / 42.4527°N 71.2910°W / 42.4527; -71.2910

Hartwell Farm was a restaurant in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1925 by Marion Abbie Fitch, [1] a Boston schoolteacher, and Jane Hamilton Poor, an architect, [2] [3] it occupied the 1733-built Samuel Hartwell House, on Virginia Road in today's Minute Man National Historical Park. [4] The building was destroyed by fire in February 1968, [5] and all that remains is its central chimney stack. [3]

Contents

The restaurant's name preserved that of the property owned by Samuel Hartwell (1742–1829). [3] [6]

Recipes from the restaurant have been published in several books, including Adventures in Good Eating (1940s and 1950s), Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen (1974), [7] The Great American Cookbook (2011) and Adventures in Good Cooking (2014). [8] [9] [10] It was described as serving "country fare." [11]

The dining table of the restaurant, which served the same 25 luncheon and dinner options each day, [5] was placed in a "moon" arrangement so as not to have the guests sitting uncomfortably close to the fireplace. [12]

Poor died of edema in October 1961. [13] Thirteen years later, Fitch published Hartwell Farm – A Way of Life, a book which documented the running of the property, including the introduction of running water. [13]

Dining table

Building remains

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References

  1. Documents of the School Committee of the City of Boston. 1923. p. 16.
  2. The Great American Cookbook, Clementine Paddleford (2011)
  3. 1 2 3 Lincoln – Lincoln Historical Society (2003) ISBN   9780738511467
  4. Polumbaum, Judy (2021). All Available Light: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum. p. 68. ISBN   9781476686608.
  5. 1 2 "The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts". Newspapers.com. 1968-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  6. Yankee (1956), volume 21, p. 63
  7. Kent, Louise Andrews (1974). Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen. Keats Publishing. p. 262. ISBN   9780879830922.
  8. Paddleford, Clementine (2011-10-11). The Great American Cookbook: 500 Time-Testes Recipes: Favorite Food from Every State. Rizzoli Publications. ISBN   978-0-8478-3747-2.
  9. Hines, Duncan (2014-03-27). Adventures in Good Cooking. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   978-0-8131-4470-2.
  10. Adventures in Good Eating. Adventures in Good Eating, Incorporated. 1943.
  11. Polumbaum, Judy (2021). All Available Light: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum. McFarland. p. 63. ISBN   9781476686608.
  12. Chamberlain, Narcissa G. (1953). Old Rooms for New Living: Being a Collection of Early American Interiors, Authentic in Design, Various in Period, and Suitable for Today's Living; this is a Treasury of Tradition for the Home Decorator. Hastings House. p. 54. ISBN   9780803853461.
  13. 1 2 Fitch, Marion (1974). Hartwell Farm - A Way of Life. George H. Jacques, Inc.