Daggett Farmhouse at Its Earlier Site, Andover, Connecticut, circa 1951

THF236094 / Daggett Farmhouse at Its Earlier Site, Andover, Connecticut, circa 1951

Artifact Overview

First home to the Daggett family of Coventry (now Andover), Connecticut, this 18th-century farmhouse was purchased and moved in 1951 to Union, some 25 miles northeast, by antiques collector Mary Dana Wells. Wells lived in the home until 1977, when it was acquired for Greenfield Village. Its interpretation there originally focused on architecture and antiques but now centers around the Daggetts' life in the 1760s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1951

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.293

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in

Keywords	United States, Connecticut, Andover Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Farmhouses Fireplace cooking Fireplaces Houses Saltbox houses Earlier sites Daggett Farmhouse

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Like other farm families living in northeastern Connecticut in the 1760s, the Daggetts made and grew many of the things they needed. Along with farming, Samuel Daggett was a house builder and furniture maker. The "saltbox" form of this house -- with short roof in front and long in back -- was a typical New England house type of this era.