This is a story of removing one chimney and restoring another. It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,it was the age of wisdom,it was the age of foolishness,it was the epoch of belief,it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season of Light,it was the season […]
Category: History
Statue in the Stone: Prentice Hammond, Jr. (2007-2020)
“Ogni blocco di pietra ha una statua dentro di sé ed è compito dello scultore scoprirla.” (Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.) – Michelangelo Michael Agnelli, the owner prior to Prentice Hammond, Jr., had been unable […]
Following Nathaniel: The History of a House
When we bought this house, we knew only that it had stayed in the Thompson family, that it had been a working farm into the early 20th century, and that Prentice Hammond—from whom we bought it at the end of 2019—had taken it on in 2007 so that a seriously […]
Nathaniel Thompson’s Farm
In memory of Nathaniel Thompson, on the 235th anniversary of his death (May 29, 1726 – June 25, 1785) The house on Thompson’s Farm stands on lands (N’dakinna) originally occupied by the Abenaki / Abénaquis (People of the Dawnland) of the Wabanaki Confederacy (Dawnland Confederacy). Yet, as blogger Janice Brown […]