1.
Ryder Corner Schoolhouse Constructed 1810. One room to
teach all students. In continuous use in nearby Croydon until 1938.
Stout hand-hewn frame shows the care with which it was built.
2. Hildreth Barn -
Built in Cornish, NH, 1793. Special features
include walls framed with studding so the boarding is horizontal; walls
also
4. Hardy-Pillsbury Barn: Measures 30 by 60 feet. Dismantled and
re-erected at the museum in 1988. Date 1872 on the barn indicates when
it was remodeled, not the year of construction. Stood near junction of
Keyser Street and Hominy Pot Road on a farm connected to two well-known
Sutton families, the Hardys and the Pillsburys. 5, 6 and 7. Corn Cribs. Used to store harvested corn; all came from
area farms. The large crib apparently also used to store threshed grain;
the V-shaped crib representative of a style throughout New England; the
red crib from Sutton's Todd Farm. 8. Patch Blacksmith Shop: Started life as a section house from Boston & Maine Railroad. Moved to the Norris Patch Farm in Hopkinton and then to museum in 1982. Features an ox sling to control animals during shoeing.
11. Ticket Booth/Bradford Newbury Fair: Unusual 1898 octagonal ticket booth served as the business center of the fair which ran until 1927.
13. The Well House: Built from farm-produced materials to cover an old well that serviced the Harvey barns which stood in this area. 14. Bradford Mineral Spring House: [more details....] Only survivor of large complex of buildings that made up the Bradford Springs Hotel in neighboring Bradford. Contains pump to bring up the reportedly healing mineral water for drinking and bathing. Built in 1881.
17. The Matthew
Harvey
Homestead: Built 1787. Excellent example of
rural New Hampshire architecture. Placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1992. Click here for full
description.
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