Activities Inside the Connecticut Salt Box House (now Daggett Farmhouse) in Greenfield Village, 1989

THF136883 / Activities Inside the Connecticut Salt Box House (now Daggett Farmhouse) in Greenfield Village, 1989
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Artifact Overview

In 1977, Henry Ford Museum acquired an 18th-century farmhouse from northeastern Connecticut for Greenfield Village. It was originally interpreted with a focus on architecture and antiques, but demonstrations of colonial-era activities enlivened the structure in the 1980s. Later, based on new research, activities more accurately recreated the life of the home's original occupants, the Daggett family, in the 1760s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic transparency

Date Made

21 June 1989

Subject Date

21 June 1989

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.3781

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2.375 in
Width: 2.375 in

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    Daggett 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.
Activities Inside the Connecticut Salt Box House (now Daggett Farmhouse) in Greenfield Village, 1989