Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Harrison Harwood with Horse and Surrey
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Title
Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Harrison Harwood with Horse and Surrey
Subject
Harwood--Southbridge--(Mass.); Massachusetts--Sturbridge; Massachusetts--Southbridge; Farm life--United States--Massachusetts--Sturbridge; Farm Life--United States--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Agriculture--United States--New England; Dwellings--Massachusetts--Sturbridge; Dwellings--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Sturbridge; Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Southbridge
Description
The official address for this farm house on the tax bill was
Crawford Road but it was also known as Breakneck Road. The farm house is facing
west and is located between the fourth and the fifth resevoirs from which
Southbridge obtains its water supply. Southbridge (incorporated 1816) was part
of the town of Sturbridge at the time this image was captured. Original farm
house built for Ezra Harwood [1784-October 30, 1856] and his wife, Sarah B.
Harwood (nee Brackett)[1790-1846]. The couple was married in October 1810. They
had six children: Byron b. 1812, Nancy b.1814, Mary b.1816, Hannah b. 1821,
Harriet b. 1827. Harrison Harwood (b. December 5, 1824, d. June 26, 1894)is the
son and is shown with a horse and surrey in front of the el of the farm house.
Harrison and Byron stayed on to run the farm as well as the operate the saw mill
and the dairy business.
Crawford Road but it was also known as Breakneck Road. The farm house is facing
west and is located between the fourth and the fifth resevoirs from which
Southbridge obtains its water supply. Southbridge (incorporated 1816) was part
of the town of Sturbridge at the time this image was captured. Original farm
house built for Ezra Harwood [1784-October 30, 1856] and his wife, Sarah B.
Harwood (nee Brackett)[1790-1846]. The couple was married in October 1810. They
had six children: Byron b. 1812, Nancy b.1814, Mary b.1816, Hannah b. 1821,
Harriet b. 1827. Harrison Harwood (b. December 5, 1824, d. June 26, 1894)is the
son and is shown with a horse and surrey in front of the el of the farm house.
Harrison and Byron stayed on to run the farm as well as the operate the saw mill
and the dairy business.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
pre-1895
Contributor
Richard Maxwell Harwood Family Archive
Relation
Richard Maxwell Harwood Family Archive
Format
image/jpg
Type
image
Coverage
42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02' W
Files
Collection
Citation
“Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Harrison Harwood with Horse and Surrey,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 18, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1197.
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