Daggett Farm House at Its Earlier Site, Union, Connecticut, circa 1977
THF236234 / Daggett Farm House at Its Earlier Site, Union, Connecticut, circa 1977
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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 1977
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.363
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 3.50 in
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ArtifactDaggett Farmhouse
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.