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Brown-Davis-Frost Farm

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770: 48: 782: 314: 143:-story brick structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, four end chimneys, and a granite foundation. The complex also includes a barn, workshop, and garage, the latter now converted into a kennel, as well as a few smaller structures. The house's main facade is nearly symmetrical, with paired bays on the outside set off from the slightly off-enter central bay, where the entrance is located. There is no significant ornamentation or trim around any of the exterior elements. 759: 128:
The Brown-Davis-Frost Farm is located in a rural area of western Holden. The 50-acre (20 ha) property includes pasture and woodland. The farm complex is on the west side of Whitney Street, a short way north of its junction with Princeton Street. The focal point is the farmhouse, a
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The farmhouse is difficult to date because of its vernacular appearance. Local historians believe it may have been built as early as 1763 by Isaiah Brown, and as late as 1795, by Ethan Davis, making it one of the town's few 18th-century brick houses. Brown, a veteran of the
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now called Lantern House Farm, is a historic farm property at 17 Whitney Street in
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Jefferson, Massachusetts
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Jefferson
Holden, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
American Revolutionary War
Willard-Fisk House
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Brown-Davis-Frost Farm"
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Contributing property
Keeper of the Register
Historic district
History of the National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Property types
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Barnstable

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