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68: 824: 93: 835: 54: 100: 75: 249:), south of its junction with Varga Road. The farmstead is set on 5 acres (2.0 ha), part of a historically larger property. The farm complex includes a hip-roofed Federal style house, built in 1821, but with a c. 1791 ell attached, and a c. 1930 Colonial Revival front portico. Outbuildings include an 1895 barn, and an old woodshed and privy of uncertain age. 256:
late in the 19th century by John W. Church. The ell of the house is believed to incorporate a building constructed on the site by Robert Snow, to whom Aspinwall was related by marriage. Aspinwall's daughter Lucinda married John Church, who raised sheep and produced cheese on 135 acres (55 ha).
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The house is a remarkably elegant Federal structure for a relatively remote rural location, and reflects trends in agriculture including its construction by Zalmon Aspinwall, and its conversion to a
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Subsequent generations of Churches maintained the property more as a country retreat for the family, as the family business shifted to retail clothing.
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The former Church Farm is located in the rural town of Ashford, on the west side of Mansfield Road (
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Church Farm, Suffolk
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Church Farm is located in Connecticut
Church Farm is located in the United States
Ashford, Connecticut
41°50′21″N 72°10′11″W / 41.83917°N 72.16972°W / 41.83917; -72.16972
Colonial Revival
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Ashford, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places
Eastern Connecticut State University
Connecticut Route 89
gentleman's farm
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut


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


"NRHP nomination for Church Farm"
Joshua's Land Trust Church Farm Preserve
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