Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Sarah B. Harwood Churning Butter

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Title

Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Sarah B. Harwood Churning Butter

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

Sarah B. Harwood (nee Brackett) b.1790-d.1846 on the porch of the























El churning butter. The well is located in front of the El. The official























address was Crawford Road but it was also known as Breakneck Road. The 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. The couple was married in October 1810. They had six children. A saw























mill, dairy and lumber business were operated from this farm.

Publisher

Date

pre-1847

Contributor

Richard Maxwell Harwood Family Archive

Relation

Richard Maxwell Harwood Family Archive

Format

image/jpg

Type

image

Identifier

38136000196970

Coverage

42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02' W

Files

Citation

“Harwood Family Farm, Crawford Road: Sarah B. Harwood Churning Butter,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1199.

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