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Old Town Farm

Coordinates: 42°44′17″N 71°14′33″W / 42.73806°N 71.24250°W / 42.73806; -71.24250
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Old Town Farm
Old Town Farm is located in Massachusetts
Old Town Farm
Old Town Farm is located in the United States
Old Town Farm
Location430 Pelham Street,
Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°44′17″N 71°14′33″W / 42.73806°N 71.24250°W / 42.73806; -71.24250
Built1845
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPSMethuen MRA
NRHP reference No.84002413[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1984

Old Town Farm is a historic poor farm building in Methuen, Massachusetts. The brick two story building was built in 1846, after Methuen lost its earlier poor farm due to the loss of part of its territory to newly founded Lawrence. The building is five bays wide and deep, with entries on the front and side; the front entrance is recessed with a fanlight and sidelights. The building has shed dormers that run much of the length of the roofline, and its end walls are topped by parapets and double chimneys, features not seen elsewhere in the town.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984;[1] it is now a private residence.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Old Town Farm". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-07.