Frost Farm (Korpi Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire)
Frost Farm | |
 The barn | |
  Location in New Hampshire  Location in United States | |
| Location | Korpi Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°52′15″N 72°1′35″W / 42.87083°N 72.02639°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1806 |
| Built by | Benjamin Frost |
| Architectural style | Cape Colonial |
| MPS | Dublin MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004026[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1983 |
The Frost Farm is a historic farmstead on Korpi Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It includes a farmhouse built in 1806 and subsequently enlarged, and a renovated 19th-century barn. The property is significant for its architecture, and for its ownership by both early settlers and later Finnish immigrants. A portion of the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Description and history
[edit]The Frost Farm is located in a rural setting of southeastern Dublin, straddling Korpi Road east of its junction with Craig Road. North of the road is the farmhouse, a rambling two-story gable-roofed structure with a clapboarded exterior. South of the road is the barn, which was renovated in the second half of the 20th century, using recycled and period wooden materials.[2]
The oldest portion of the farmhouse is a small Cape-style portion that was built in 1806 by Benjamin Frost. Frost, a native of nearby Jaffrey, attempted to operate a grist mill nearby, but failed due to a lack of adequate water power. The property was sold out of the Frost family in 1852.[2]
The house was purchased in 1913 by Konstu Korpi, a Finnish immigrant, who substantially enlarged it in 1914 and in the 1950s. It became a meeting point for the small local Finnish-American community, and as a boarding house for Finnish-American woodworkers.[2]
See also
[edit]- Frost Farm (Old Marlborough Rd., Dublin, New Hampshire)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Frost Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
