Robert Frost Farm (Ripton, Vermont)
Robert Frost Farm | |
Nearest city | Ripton, Vermont |
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Coordinates | 43°57′59″N 73°0′17″W / 43.96639°N 73.00472°W |
Area | 150 acres (61 ha) |
Built | 1940 |
NRHP reference No. | 68000046[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 23, 1968 |
Designated NHL | May 23, 1968[2] |
The Robert Frost Farm, also known as the Homer Noble Farm, is a National Historic Landmark in Ripton, Vermont. It is a 150-acre (61 ha) farm property off Vermont Route 125 in the Green Mountains where American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) lived and wrote in the summer and fall months from 1939 until his death in 1963.[3] The property, historically called the Homer Noble Farm, includes a nineteenth-century farmhouse and a rustic wooden writing cabin (where Frost often stayed).[4] The property is now owned by Middlebury College. The grounds are open to the public during daylight hours.
Description and history
The Frost Farm is set about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the center of Ripton, down an access road on the north side of Vermont Route 125. The 150-acre (61 ha) property is surrounded on three sides by the Green Mountain National Forest, and partially abuts Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Campus property. A cleared meadow, located in the western portion of the property, is where its buildings are located. The principal buildings are the 19th-century farmhouse, and a modest cabin in which Frost did most of his writing. The farmhouse is a 1+1⁄2-story wood frame clapboarded structure, and is set on the west side of the end of the access road. The cabin, a roughly square log structure with a gable roof, stands near the northern edge of the cleared area. It has a screened porch on the west side and a shed-roof woodshed to the north. Its interior is divided into a living area occupying the southern half, with the northern part taken up by a kitchen, bath, and two small bedrooms. The area between the cabin and the house is taken up by a small apple orchard established and tended by Frost. Southwest of the house is a small shed, and on the east side of the drive are the foundational remnants of a barn that was standing during Frost's ownership.[5]
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the United States' most celebrated poets, publishing eleven volumes of poetry and winning four
See also
- Robert Frost Farm (Derry, New Hampshire)
- The Frost Place in Franconia, NH
- Robert Frost House in Cambridge, MA
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Frost, Robert, Farm". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
- ^ Robert Frost Farm, Middlebury College, USA.
- ^ Ripton, Vermont 1938–1963, The Friends of Robert Frost, USA.
- ^ a b "NHL nomination for Robert Frost Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ "Student Proposes New Use for Historic Frost Cabin". Middlebury College. June 2, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2015.