The Bartlett-Hawkes Farm is a historic home on 15 Winnetaska Road, in the village of Waban Newton, Massachusetts. With the oldest part around 1736, it is the oldest surviving building in Waban. Enlarged several times, he was transferred to his current location of Beacon Street in 1915. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986.
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Description and history
The Barlett-Hawkes Farm is located in a residential area west of the center of Waban village, on the west side of Winnetaska Road at the intersection with Quidnic Road. This is a 2-1/2 floor wooden frame structure, eight wide bays, with side sidewall and board siding. The rear roof extends to the first floor, giving the house a saltbox profile. There are two entrances on the main facade, each two bays from the side. Both have a Federal period that surrounds it with pilasters and an entablature corned; which on the left also has a half-length sidelight window.
The oldest part of the house is believed to be the three southernmost bays, built as "half-houses" around 1736 by Ebenezer Bartlett, which has about 100 hectares (40 ha) of land. Bartlett and his wife Anne raise seventeen children in the house, expanding it to five bays. Bartlett's son, Elisha, increased agriculture to 200 acres (81 ha), and served in local militias during the American Revolutionary War. His son Peregrine sold his farm to George Hawkes, another local farmer, in the mid-19th century. Then the owner further expanded the building in the early 20th century, adding a bay on the north side and adding a barn salt shed to the rear. Originally facing nearby Beacon Street, the house was moved about 200 feet (61 m) to its present location in 1915.
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See also
- List of National Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
References
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