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Walter and Eva Burgess Farm

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John O. Burgess in stages between 1860 and 1877. Almost the entire farm complex was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1913, by which time the operation of the farm had been taken over by John's son Walter and his wife Eva. An ell was built onto a surviving blacksmithy to provide temporary living space for the family while a new house and barn were built.
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The Burgess farm began in 1834, with the purchase of 100 acres (40 ha) by William Burgess, who erected a log cabin on the property before eventually building a frame house. He transferred his property, a successful operation which included a small dairy herd and a flock of sheep, to his son
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Both the house and barn built by the Burgesses included recent innovations not found in many farms in rural Maine, because agriculture was generally in decline. The barn was a large structure with a
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in 1997. This farmstead, including the historic house and barn, was destroyed by fire in 2013. It was removed from the National Register in 2015.
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structure, with a hip roof. A single-story hip-roofed porch, supported by
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Walter and Eva Burgess Farm is located in Maine
Walter and Eva Burgess Farm is located in the United States
Macomber Corner, Maine
45°6′27″N 69°13′49″W / 45.10750°N 69.23028°W / 45.10750; -69.23028
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Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
farmstead
National Register of Historic Places
gambrel roof
foursquare
Tuscan columns
National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"Fire levels historic Dover-Foxcroft farm"


"NRHP nomination for Walter and Eva Burgess Farm"
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