Talk:Prescott Farm
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Compiling information
editI don't think the current text is factual. Here's what I'm getting via regular internet research.
Newport is located in Rhode Island, for the curious.
- New England buildings circa the 18th century
- 40 acres large
- Originally owned by Doris Duke
- Owned by the Newport Restoration Foundation
- Open to public and showcases buildings
- Was in danger of demolition
- Contains the Overing House (1730) and Potter House (c.1790) which are currently privately leased
- Original farm was called "Overing and Page Farm" in 1650 founded by Thomas and Edmund Nichols
- Restored in 1973
- 1654 the brothers moved to Newport (huh? then what's the Overing and Page Farm)?
- --More information about the brothers and their family--
- URI Master Gardener project simulates historical vegetable garden. Name of gardener is Susan Estabrook
- Address is: 2009 West Main Road, Middletown, RI 02842-7963
- Off route 114
- Newport seems to be known for their colonial buildings
- Aquidneck Island farm, it seems
- "4-story windmill (ca. 1811), British General Prescott’s Guard House, and a ca. 1715 country store."
— Ambush Commander(Talk) 02:35, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
More info! I missed two pages on the Newport Restoration Website:
- Description "gentle sloping land, good soil, fields lined with stonewalls, and areas of scrub trees and brush"
- Brook and two small ponds provide water.
- Has original structures and structures that were moved there
- Central is Overing Farmhouse
- Burial ground is resting place for Overing family
- Took part in American Revolution
- General Prescott with 4000 men decides to stay here rather than Bannister House in Newport (Prescott was not well liked)
- On the night of July 10, 1777, American Colonel William Barton led about thirty men on longboats from Tiverton to the brook's outlet.
- They successfully abduct General Prescott and his aide. (one of the most successful raids)
[9] Wow, we could write sections on this! Eleven buildings, five on original foundations (so the other six where moved). Overing House is oldest.
- Sherman Mill (Windmill)
- Smock style mill
- Built in 1812
- Four vanes for sails and two sets of stones
- Restored in 1971, additional work in 1980s, new shaft in 1998
- Built in Warren, Rhode Island, connected to a distillery
- Then moved to Fall River, Massachusetts
- Early 1870s, Robert Sherman moves it to Quaker Hill in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
- Then moved to Lehigh Hill in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
- Early 20th century becomes unoperational, begins detirorating
- 1969, Newport Restoration Foundation buys it and moves it to Prescott
- Guard House (referred to as General Prescott's Guard house)
- Small gambrel ("a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper") roofed building on edge of pond.
- Prescott quartered his guards here, supposedly (oral tradition)
- 1840, moved to rear of main house to replace an burned down ell
- 1971, Newport Restoration Foundation moves it again, and shows "Pilgrim furniture" and "18th century frame on the unfinished second floor"
- Hicks House (Country Store)
- c. 1715
- Moved from Bristol Ferry Road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1970
- Supposedly used by ferrymen between Portsmouth and Bristol, Rhode Island at Mt. Hope Bridge.
- Simple, two rooms
- Currently visitor center and displays oddments
- Sweet House
- c. 1730
- 1 1/2 story, broad gable-roofed
- Moved from Middletown in 1970
- Most woodwork preserved, displays rural island architecture
- Overing House
- c. 1730
- 3/4 house plan - Formal 17th century builders like symmetry with equal windows on both side but the Overing house is not balanced, more like 2nd period (1725-1750) house, with the scale inside out like Hunter House in Newport, Rhode Island.
- "The main features are gambrel roof, interior chimney, high ceilings, excellent woodwork, and a comfortable stair hall."
- In contrast to the Sweet House.
- Potter House
- c. 1790
- Oneco, Connecticut in late 18th century
- Urgently moved to Prescott Farm because after being dismantled, it was deteriorating due to bad storage
- Rebuilt out of context in 1984-85
- Portrays Connecticut architecture like projecting gables
- Frame and woodwork where intact
— Ambush Commander(Talk) 15:56, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry I messed up. Thanks to everyone for being so nice! --Banana04131 17:42, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
- It's okay. If you're looking for something to do, you can try adding in the new material to the encyclopedia article, and I can tell you how it went.—Ambush Commander(Talk) 17:55, August 16, 2005 (UTC)