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Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse

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The first documented owner was Cyrus Ammidown, a descendant of early settlers of the area; he also appears in local records as one of the first deacons in the local Baptist church, founded in 1817. Elbridge Harding, who owned the property by the 1860s, was the son of Joshua Harding, one of the
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The house's date of construction is uncertain; the earliest maps of Southbridge are from 1796, and the house appears on those. Its architectural features, notably a center chimney and a short four-bay facade, suggest that it was built in the years before or just after the
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The Ammidown-Harding House is located in a rural area of southern Southbridge, on the east side of Lebanon Hill Road south of Elmwood Road. Lebanon Hill Road, originally a Native American trail, is one of the community's oldest roads. The house is
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stories in height, with a gabled roof, large central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is four bays wide, with the entrance in the bay right of center.
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in 1989. It is named for two of its notable residents, Cyrus Ammidown and Elbridge Harding, both of whom served as deacons in the Baptist church.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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petitioners to the state for the incorporation of Southbridge.
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Cyrus Ammidown - Elbridge G. Harding Farmhouse MACRIS Listing
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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is a historic farm house at 83 Lebanon Hill Road in
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Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse is located in Massachusetts
Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse is located in the United States
Southbridge, Massachusetts
42°3′35″N 72°2′5″W / 42.05972°N 72.03472°W / 42.05972; -72.03472
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Southbridge, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
American Revolutionary War
National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts
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"MACRIS inventory record for Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse"


"NRHP nomination for Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse"
Cyrus Ammidown - Elbridge G. Harding Farmhouse MACRIS Listing
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