Fox–Cook Farm
Fox–Cook Farm | |
NRHP reference No. | 86003228[1] |
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Added to NRHP | November 26, 1986 |
The Fox–Cook Farm is a historic farm property on Cook Drive in Wallingford, Vermont. Established in the 1790s, it is one of the oldest surviving farmsteads in the Otter Creek valley south of Wallingford village. It includes a c. 1800 Cape style farmhouse and a c. 1850 barn, among other outbuildings. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Description and history
The Fox–Cook Farm stands at the end of Cook Drive, a spur road on the west side of
The farm was established in the 1790s by William Fox, who moved here from Tinmouth. Fox's heirs sold the farm in the 1820s, now with a house standing on the property, to Lincoln Andrews. It was acquired by the Cooks in 1913, and operated as a dairy farm into the 1940s. It is one of the oldest farmsteads identified by a 1980s survey of the Otter Creek valley in southern Wallingford.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Fox-Cook Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-29.