Martin Farm (Rehoboth, Massachusetts)

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Martin Farm
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Location Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°47′52″N71°14′14″W / 41.79778°N 71.23722°W / 41.79778; -71.23722 Coordinates: 41°47′52″N71°14′14″W / 41.79778°N 71.23722°W / 41.79778; -71.23722
Built1750
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPS Rehoboth MRA
NRHP reference No. 83000691 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1983

The Martin Farm is a historic farmhouse at 121 Martin Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is a 1+12-story Cape style house, four bays wide, with a side gable roof, central chimney, and clapboard siding. The bays are asymmetrically placed, with the main entrance in the second from the right. The house was built c. 1750–80, and was expanded organically over the next 120 years. The house was (as of 1983) still in the hands of Martin family descendants. [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 Martin Farm". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
A cemetery just west of the Martin Farm; has many Martin graves Martin cemetery in Rehoboth.jpg
A cemetery just west of the Martin Farm; has many Martin graves