Stairway inside Daggett Farmhouse before Dismantling for Move from Andover to Union, Connecticut, Spring 1953
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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
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
1953
Subject Date
1953
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
73.93.3.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in
Width: 2.375 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.