Hulet Clark Farmstead
Hulet Clark Farmstead | |
Middletown | |
Coordinates | 41°20′56″N 74°32′37″W / 41.34889°N 74.54361°W |
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Area | 75 acres (30 ha)[1] |
Built | 1800-1930 |
NRHP reference No. | 98001343 |
Added to NRHP | 1998 |
The Hulet Clark Farmstead is located along South Plank Road north of the
Farmstead
The center of the Clark farm is the farmhouse, a two-story hand-hewn three-bay timber frame structure. Its stone foundation is built into the sloping ground beneath, with four feet (122 cm) of exposure in front. A porch was built in the 1930s to replace a more modest stoop that preceded it, along with the house's stone chimney, and a small south addition replaced a larger one earlier in the 20th century. The interior floor plan remains largely unaltered.[1]
A nearby
History
Local records indicate the house was built around 1800 by a farmer named Wadsworth to serve a parcel that at the time included 420 acres (168 ha). Clark, who had come from
In 1876 his heirs began subdividing the land. The current property remained a profitable family-owned
References
- ^ a b c d e f LaFrank, Kathleen (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Hulet Clark Farmstead". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ Hulle, William. "Judge Hulet Clark Farmstead - A Stop On The Underground Railroad". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2008-03-23.